Brief Tapes

James Davies and Justin Perring explore the company law issues that arise in the context of family businesses, with particular consideration of compliance issues, transitions, and the interplay between personal disputes and commercial imperatives. 

It’s all about those rates (again!). Laura Webster briefly recaps the law concerning liability orders, rate relief for charities, and the requirements to qualify as a charity, before then analysing the Supreme Court’s decision in LB Merton v Nuffield Health.

Aidan Briggs and Millie Rai discuss the wide-ranging issues that may arise when estates have cross-border elements. In particular, they discuss the difficulties arising with respect to domicile for the purposes of succession planning and the administration of estates, as well as what happens when a deceased person dies leaving assets abroad.

In this episode, Leigh Sagar and James Davies explore crypto-asset succession planning. They delve into the intricacies of two asset types, contractual claims held by service providers and user-controlled assets with private keys, and unravel the legal landscape and applicable succession laws in the crypto-verse. 

JJ Liew and Millie Rai cover everything you need to know about the pupillage application process. They share their top tips for commercial chancery applications, including how to tackle written applications, interviews, and everything in between.

Brief Tapes is back! In this series we'll dive into our usual mix of legal, procedural, current awareness and career topics.

What can the Courts do when there is a family dispute about where or how someone should be buried? How should a deceased person be buried if they have no will and no family? Are a person's funeral wishes in their will binding? James Davies and James Saunders discuss these questions and more in this week's episode.

Hot on the heels of the Court of Appeal's decision in Hirachand v Hirachand, Aidan Briggs discusses the recoverability of success fees by claimants in claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. Is the judgment good news, or a poisoned chalice for claimants?

Leigh Sagar and Jessica Powers explore the bewildering world of cryptoassets from a legal perspective, with assistance from the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce Legal Statement, and decisions of the High Court of England and Wales, the High Court of New Zealand, and the Court of Appeal of Singapore.

Jessica Powers is joined by Paul Davies, a partner at James Cowper Kreston and President of the TMA UK, to discuss the state of the High Street through an insolvency and restructuring lens. They cover CVAs, administration, schemes of arrangement and Part 26A plans, and also take a look at the recent New Look, Regis and Virgin Active cases.