What should you know? An analysis of the latest legal developments

Previous analysis can be accessed from the relevant alert in the legal news archive or through the relevant services or business sectors alert page.

February



• 03.02.12 - Flood and Water Management Act 2010: changes to reservoir regulation take effect
  
• 03.02.12 - Holding companies, VAT, renminbi and FDI reform: Chinese investment gets easier
  

January



• 27.01.12 - Employment Law 2011 review/2012 preview: Part 2
  
• 25.01.12 - Easements - can a right of way be blocked indefinitely by the burdened landowner?
  
• 25.01.12 - Planning - National Planning Policy Framework
  
• 25.01.12 - Adoption of sewers and sustainable drainage systems
  
• 25.01.12 - Contract - can a buyer terminate a contract post-completion where a seller is in breach?
  
• 25.01.12 - Landlord and tenant - conditions for renewal of tenancies under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
  
• 25.01.12 - Banking update: report and review on recent cases and issues
  
• 25.01.12 - High Speed 2 - speeding ahead
  
• 25.01.12 - Landlord and tenant - break options
  
• 25.01.12 - Contract - can a letter form a binding contract for the sale of land?
  
• 25.01.12 - Landlord and tenant - relief from forfeiture
  
• 25.01.12 - Carbon Reduction Commitment - timing of first allowance sale
  
• 25.01.12 - Property update - January 2012
  
• 18.01.12 - They think it's all over - it isn't now: mediated settlement agreements and mediators in the firing line
  
• 16.01.12 - The devil is in the detail: contractual provisions and limitations on service of notices and proceedings
  
• 13.01.12 - Serious Fraud Office targets shareholders who receive the proceeds of crime
  
• 12.01.12 - Hungry for more? The European Commission launches a dedicated Food Task Force to focus upon possible antitrust infringements in the EU food sector
  
• 09.01.12 - Get on with it! Does a sub-contractor need to proceed regularly and diligently with its works?
  
• 05.01.12 - Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it 'mediation privilege'?
  
• 04.01.12 - Tax storm warning for LBOs - outlook for the new regime
  

December



• 16.12.11 - Banking update: report and review on recent cases and issues
  
• 16.12.11 - Le Conseil d'Etat rejette les demandes d'annulation du décret relatif au moratoire sur l'obligation d'achat de l'électricité.
  
• 15.12.11 - Restrictive covenants - applications to modify/discharge covenants in leases
  
• 15.12.11 - Adverse possession - what amounts to an interruption of the squatter's possession for the purpose of determining whether the squatter is entitled to apply to be registered as proprietor?
  
• 15.12.11 - Property update - December 2011
  
• 15.12.11 - Green Deal - Government publishes a consultation on the detail of the Green Deal
  
• 15.12.11 - Copyright law reform proposals - orphans, exchanges and MP3 players
  
• 15.12.11 - Portrait photographs and copyright