Written by Stephanie Chiu. A trust is not a novel concept to many. It is a way of managing a person’s assets. A person (a settlor) places his/her assets into a trust, appointing someone (trustee which can be the person him/herself) to manage the assets for the interest of someone else or even the […]
Monthly Archives: August 2020
A Clearance Of The Past? – How Can You Benefit From the EU Settlement Scheme?
A quick refresher As many will know, the EU Settlement Scheme has been set up in response to Brexit to allow EU, non-EU EEA and Swiss citizens and their eligible family members living in the UK before the end of the Brexit transition period the opportunity to protect their residence in the UK after […]
Protecting Your Trade Secrets – What We Suggest: A Perception of Celgard LLC v Shenzhen Senior Technology Material
Written by Rosa Huang. Recently an interim relief is granted by High Court of Justice of UK in a case enforcing the Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc) Regulations 2018 (“the Trade Secrets Regulations”), Celgard LLC v Shenzhen Senior Technology Material. What we know about the case The dispute is between Celgard LLC […]
Sole Responsibility – How To Prove It?
The issue of sole responsibility frequently arises in visa applications where one parent is settled in the UK while the other one is living outside the UK and has no intention to come to the UK. Or, they may be currently living in the UK, but have no lawful status. In the above circumstances, […]
The Law of the Land: Use Classes See Significant Changes!
Planning use classes are the legal framework which determines what a particular property may be used for by its occupants. In England, these are contained within the provision of Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987. On the 21st July 2020, the government published The Town and Country Planning Regulations 2020 which will […]
When Is Consent Unreasonably Withheld?
Written by Evveline Loh. In many contracts, in particular, those dealing with landlord and tenant relationship, if some sort of consent is required from one party to enable the other party to do (or not to do) something, there is normally provision that such consent should not be unreasonably withheld. However, the issue whether […]
Moving further into the modern age? Probate applications to go online!
In a world that revolves so much around technology, it is only right that the legal sector keeps up. This is why all probate applications made by solicitors would have to be conducted online under recent proposals from the Ministry of Justice, encouraging practitioners to go step forward into digitisation. What exactly is probate? […]
Non-molestation orders – A way to free yourself from abuse
People spending a lot of time indoors due to lockdown naturally meant that couples who were having issues previously experienced an amplification of the problems in their relationship. This led to a spike in separations and divorce, which is usually a tough time for the individuals involved and their family members. What makes this […]
Possessions Proceedings, Evictions and More – Landlords vs Tenants in the Coronavirus Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has had a massive effect on the livelihoods of most of the world’s population. One of the most important things in life is the place you choose to live, and what to do with property that you own. It must be appreciated that renting property during this strange year can bring new […]
