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Demystifying overage

Demystifying overage

What is “overage” all about? Michael Higgin helps landowners who are new to the topic to understand what it is and how it all works in practice.

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Field Seymour Parkes advises Cohort Plc on their acquisition of Chess Technologies

The FSP corporate team has advised Cohort Plc, the independent technology group, on its acquisition of a majority shareholding in Chess Technologies.

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Avoiding the perils of copy and paste – ensuring you have water-tight terms and conditions for your website

Avoiding the perils of copy and paste – ensuring you have water-tight terms and conditions for your website

Charlotte Burroughs, solicitor in the Commercial & Technology team, looks at the dangers of copying and pasting website and terms and conditions.

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Tenant instability: Minimising the impact on Landlords

Tenant instability: Minimising the impact on Landlords

In light of the worrying trends in the retail market, Michael Higgin considers how landlords can minimise the impact of tenant’s financial instability on landlord’s rental income.

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2018: The Year of the Company Voluntary Arrangement (“CVA”)

Mark Banham, Associate in the Property Litigation team, explains the key features of a company voluntary arrangement (“CVA”) and considers the advantages and disadvantages of CVA’s and the tension that CVA’s often create between landlords and tenants.

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FSP advises Cloud Direct on latest acquisition

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Sick of contractual breaches

Sick of contractual breaches

Ian Machray explores whether a dismissal for sickness absence was in breach of an implied term.

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Is the gig up?

Is the gig up?

We report on an employment status case that considered whether drivers for a taxi company were in fact workers.

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Holidays – don’t ask don’t get?

Holidays – don’t ask don’t get?

Pay for accrued leave when employment ends.

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Anatomy of turnover rents in retail leases

Anatomy of turnover rents in retail leases

A look at turnover rents – when they are used, how they work and what the pitfalls might be.

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Field Seymour Parkes advises Whistl on their acquisition of the Spark Ecommerce Group

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Troubling ground rents in the leasehold market

Troubling ground rents in the leasehold market

Katie Wiesendanger discusses the ‘ground-rent scandal’ and the government’s proposals to tackle the issue.

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