Solidum Solicitors

The House of Commons passed a moratorium on forfeiture for non-payment of rent by business tenants. Howevre, ... it is important to know that under the moratorium, the rents remain due and, so far as it appears at present, the emergency legislation does not prevent other methods of enforcement other than forfeiture; and does not prevent claims against guarantors, although things might change further over the next few weeks. Nor does it prevent exercising the procedures under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 or the serving of notices under that Act. It also doesn’t, it seems, affect terminating tenancies at will or operating contractual break mechanisms...
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.a spx…
Photo and a further article at: https://www.pymnts.com/…/retail-leasing -issues-come-to-the…/

The Unity Project coordinator Caz Hattam says: ‘We have had assurances from the Home Office before that they will deal with applications to lift the “no recourse to public funds” condition quickly and compassionately, but that has never been our experience. Quite the opposite. We have no reason to expect this time will be different. However, we urge anyone in this situation to apply for a change of conditions as soon as possible, and let us know how they get on. We will be am...assing evidence to show the court that the whole scheme is inhumane and needs to be dismantled.’ For further details please see 👇 https://dpglaw.co.uk/home-office-agrees-a -rethink-of-no-re…/
The application form is available 👇 https://www.gov.uk/…/application-for-ch ange-of-conditions-o…
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HM Courts & Tribunal Service has split civil court listings into two groups: work that must be done and work that could be done. Civil work in the Court of Appeal and High Court is subject to separate guidance...
Please read the article for further information 👇
https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/…/hmcts-re vea…/5103720.article…

"In theory this would apply to whichever partner steps back in their career putting family ahead of ambition and earning power..."
https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/…/wife-awa rde…/5103294.article…

The Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) new campaign calls for everyone to come forward if they suspect a business is gaining an unfair advantage through anti-competitive practices such as price fixing, market sharing or bid rigging... The CMA website provides more information about the illegal activities, iand that f you spot one, how you can report it ...👇👇👇
https://cheatingorcompeting.campaign.gov. uk/…

https://www.google.com/…/news/amp/uk-en gland-london-51508974
In a judgment today, the appeal court said the ceremony did not create a void marriage because it was a non-qualifying ceremony. 'The parties were not marrying "under the provisions" of part II of the 1949 Marriage Act. The ceremony itself would have been permitted under section 44 if it had been performed in a registered building, but it was not. In addition, no notice had been given to the superintendent registrar, no certificates had been issued, and no registrar or authorised person was present at the ceremony. It was not, therefore, a marriage within the scope of, in particular, the provisions of section 26 of the 1949 act.

Under current intestacy rules, if the deceased has no children their partner will inherit the entire estate, otherwise, the treshold will be £270,000 from February 2020.
... but many people are unaware that under intestacy laws, unmarried partners and close friends/parents ... cannot inherit...
‘Writing a legally valid will with the help of an expert solicitor ensures people’s estate is inherited exactly as they would choose .....’
... https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/…/statutor y-l…/5102731.article…
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The judgment was a landmark ruling with the finding of racial discrimination in adoption law...
https://www.theguardian.com/…/sandeep-r eena-mander-win-race…
https://www.familylaw.co.uk/…/berkshire -couple-win-case-on-…

Transport for London announced the decision not to renew the ride-hailing company’s licence at the end of a two-month probationary extension granted in September. Uber was told then it needed to address issues with checks on drivers, insurance and safety, but has failed to satisfy the capital’s transport authorities.
https://www.google.com/…/n…/25/uber-l oses-licence-london-tfl
#Uber ... #London
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Payroll data was stolen and published by Andrew Skelton, a senior internal auditor at Morrisons, who held a grudge against his employer. Skelton subsequently received an eight-year jail sentence and remains behind bars. The Supreme Court is hearing Morrisons' appeal against a judge's finding of vicarious liability.
Barnes argued today that Skelton acted in the course of his employment and that there was a ‘seamless, continuous’ thread linking his actions. https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/…/were-not -loo…/5102095.article

Professor Sorabji concluded his analysis by outlining four principal objections to the current situation of regulation of social media, including being hugely detrimental to the electoral process, privacy violations and failing to protect users from exposure to hate speech and violent content ...
https://www.fljs.org/…/distinguished-ph ilosopher-professor-…

HM Courts & Tribunals Service has issued guidance on breastfeeding after a barrister was reportedly told she had to pay £150 for a private room to express milk. 'We will not discriminate against you if you are breastfeeding,' HMCTS states. However, mothers who want a private room to breastfeed or express 'may find it helpful to get in touch with us before you arrive. Some of our buildings have specially designated rooms'.
https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/…/hmcts-ma kes-…/5102027.article

How can this be possible? A child with British parents is going to be deported under the UK immigration rules; this seems to be a good case to study the most complicated aspect of the immigration law in the UK... https://time.com/5703095/lucy-dutton-depo rtation/?amp=true

Rosie Duffield’s harrowing personal account is described as ‘moving and horrifying’
She spoke during a debate on the domestic abuse bill, which the Speaker, John Bercow, said had been “simultaneously horrifying and as moving a contribution” as he had heard in his 22 years in the Commons.... read more #DomesticAbuse #domesticAbusebill
https://amp.theguardian.com/…/labour-mp -moves-colleagues-to…

The campaign has two aims: Raising awareness of the lack of legal protection for unregistered religious marriages Reform of the Marriage Act 1949 so all religious marriages must be registered under civil law.
.. the law can be the great levelling force and ensures that everyone has the same rights and protections.
... https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/…/the-reg ister-our-marriage-…/
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What is a lasting power of attorney? "Lasting powers of attorney are documents that you have to put in place while you don't need them, a bit like wills. But they achieve the opposite.... " Read more ...
https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/…/the-cat ch-22-of-lasting-po…/

Should there have been any doubt remaining, Mr Justice Francis confirmed in O’Dwyer v O’Dwyer [2019] EWHC 1838 (Fam) that post-separation earning are not a matrimonial asset capable of being shared....
https://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx ?i=ed201901
https://www.familylaw.co.uk/…/sharing-o f-post-separation-ea…'

Chris Henley QC, who chairs the CBA, said the courts' computer systems were "crumbling". "Barristers and judges are growing very tired of cases being disrupted because of inadequate technological infrastructure," he said.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-474 82143…