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FeatureScotching SDLT
From April 2015, stamp duty land tax will cease to apply to transactions involving land in Scotland. Jim Hillan explains how the changes will have an impact
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FeatureBlessed relief?
Iles v HMRC is the latest in a series of claims for the capital gains tax private residence exemption. But, as Peter Vaines explains, it is becoming increasingly difficult to determine whether a property is a ‘residence’ at al
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FeatureTaking care
Paul Philip will be giving the keynote plenary speech at the National Property Law Conference in October. Here, he outlines some of the findings from the SRA’s 2014 Risk Outlook and gives the SRA’s perspective on where firms need to be extra vigilant
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FeatureMaking way
With the economy seemingly on the rise, and the government pushing forward with its plans for HS2, compulsory purchase schemes are back in the spotlight. Richard Flenley guides us through the process
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FeatureChecking it out
The Immigration Act 2014 introduces a raft of substantial changes to UK immigration law. Bethan Owen looks at the new requirements for landlords
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FeatureIn the end
With the economy slowly recovering, the negotiating strengths of commercial landlords and tenants in lease renewal negotiations are changing. Nic Maunder Taylor provides a beginner’s guide to the issues for landlords, tenants, and their advisers
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FeatureSign your name
The Leasehold Reform (Amendment) Act 2014 makes a single, yet important, change to how notices of claim in relation to lease extension and collective enfranchisement can be signed. Richard Bagwell explains
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FeatureNuisance act
The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 reforms the remedies available to tackle with anti-social behaviour, including the introduction of injunctions to prevent nuisance and annoyance. Jane Plant looks at the key provisions impacting landlords and tenants
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FeatureBreaking up
Paul Clark provides a round-up of recent cases related to commercial landlord and tenant law
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FeatureHuman Rights Conference 2013
Pictures from the ”lawyers as guardians to access to justice conference in October 2013”
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News
Chair of Law Society Human Rights Committee, Professor Sara Chandler, wins Latin-UK Award for human rights work
Professor Sara Chandler, chair of the Law Society’s Human Rights Committee, has been announced as the winner of the human rights worker of the year award at the third annual Latin-UK Awards (LUKAS). The LUKAS recognise those who have worked with the Latin community in Britain across categories including music, ...
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Interventions
Swaziland: Mr Thulani Rudolf Maseko - Lawyer at Risk
The Law Society wrote on 15 April 2014 to express concern over the arrest and indictment in March 2014 of Mr Thulani Rudolf Maseko, a prominent human rights lawyer, and Mr Bheki Makhubu, Editor of The Nation magazine. The charges followed the publication in The Nation of allegedly contemptuous ...
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Interventions
Sri Lanka: President of the Bar Association reportedly under surveillance
The Law Society is gravely concerned over the reported surveillance of Mr Upul Jayasuriya, President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) and a senior human rights lawyer in Sri Lanka.
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News
South Africa’s Constitutional Democracy at Twenty - Problems and Perils
The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and the Law Society are delighted to host Justice Edwin Cameron who has been a Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa since 2009 and who chaired Wits’ governing council between 1998 and 2008. He was and remains the only person occupying high ...
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News
Law Society join letter on ‘Solidarity with UAE lawyers’
Sir Earlier this month, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Gabriela Knaul published the findings of her 9 day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Ms Knaul concluded that the UAE judiciary is under the ‘de facto’ control of the government, that lawyers are ...
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News
The Law Society expressed concern regarding the treatment of lawyers in Iran
The Law Society is concerned with the treatment of Abdolfattah Soltani, Hootan Dolati and Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, currently held at Evin Prison, Tehran, particularly following the reported violence in Section 350 on 17 April, 2014. We understand that Abdolfattah Soltani, a prominent human rights lawyer, was arrested on 10 September 2011 ...
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News
Law Society condemns attack on Pakistani court
The Law Society condemns the fatal attack at a Pakistani court on Monday and extends its condolences to members of the legal profession who were affected. Eleven people were killed and 24 injured when unknown men, armed with guns and bomb vests, attacked an Islamabad district court on Monday morning. ...
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News
Law Society concerned following European Court of Human Rights ruling on client-lawyer meeting confidentiality
Posted 27th March 2014 The Law Society is concerned that a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling, which found in favour of Turkish authorities recording meetings between a client and his lawyers, could have far-reaching implications for the confidentiality of the lawyer-client relationship. The ECtHR ruled this week that ...
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News
Law Society calls for action as human rights lawyer Phil Shiner receives death threats
Law Society calls for action as human rights lawyer receives death threats The Law Society has publicly condemned threats made against the lives of lawyers after prominent human rights lawyer Phil Shiner received death threats against both him and his family. Phil Shiner has been subject to intimidation and harassment ...
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NewsGraham Turnbull human rights lecture 2015
The prize-giving event will take place on the evening of 16 April where former attorney general Dominic Grieve will award the winners. On the evening the essay title will be discussed by Conor Gearty, human rights expert and professor of human rights law at LSE. This free event will be ...