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Service out of the jurisdiction—the general position In numerous situations, the court’s permission is needed to lawfully serve insolvency proceedings outside the jurisdiction of England and Wales. For further reading and detail, see Practice Note: Service of insolvency proceedings out of the jurisdiction. Requests for permission to effect service of insolvency proceedings beyond the jurisdiction are governed by, in particular, the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 (IR 2016), SI 2016/1024, Sch 4, para 1(8), together with selected provisions of CPR 6 and the Practice Direction on Insolvency Proceedings (PDIP). When must service out of the jurisdiction be with court permission? As a general rule, the court’s permission is ordinarily required in order for documents connected to insolvency proceedings (including applications, supporting evidence and orders) to be validly served on a party situated outside the jurisdiction. IR 2016, SI 2016/1024, Sch 4, para 1(8) provides that CPR 6 applies to service of documents out of the jurisdiction, subject to such modifications as the court may approve or...

This Checklist This Checklist explains the actions property solicitors must take to perfect security in a real estate finance transaction. Real estate finance lenders will typically seek a comprehensive security package over all assets connected with the real estate. A real estate solicitor within a multi-disciplinary team will commonly arrange or contribute to the following securities and documentation: security over the land, rental income, insurance proceeds, development and construction, and contractual rights reviewing the management agreement and negotiating a duty of care agreement (although in a multi-disciplinary team, this is sometimes handled by the banking and finance lawyer) dealing with completion undertakings and post-completion registration of the legal charge at Companies House and HM Land Registry, as well as giving third party notices regarding rent payment, notice of charge and, where necessary, assignment of contractual rights or warranties See Practice Notes: Security in real estate finance transactions, Taking security over land and Taking security over unregistered land and Taking and perfecting...

This record keeping checklist consolidates obligations found in the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (MLR 2017), SI 2017/692, as amended. It further sets out suggested actions and practical steps. The Checklist directs you towards relevant Precedents that you may adopt, adapt or tailor to meet these requirements and recommendations. For extra guidance, see Practice Note: Money Laundering Regulations 2017—record keeping or, for law firms, Money Laundering Regulations 2017—record keeping (law firms). The manner, medium or physical or digital location in which records are retained is immaterial, provided you can promptly retrieve the necessary information and evidence, especially if you are asked to supply customer/client due diligence (CDD) documentation to a party that relies on you, or to investigators or other enforcement officers. Record type For how long? Compulsory or recommended? Comments (if any) ☐ Records, documents or information connected with, and arising in the context of, an occasional transaction — Five years from the point at which...

K v P (Criminal Solicitor as Court-Appointed QLR) [2025] EWFC 321 What are the practical implications of this case? Because a QLR is appointed by the court, the court may promptly end the appointment where neutrality is questioned, or if deploying a particular person as QLR could reduce the quality of a witness’s testimony. The considerations the court weighs can equally include a QLR who simply comes from the same firm as the solicitor handling a connected criminal case, despite never having met the witness. It is fairly common for a single firm to act on both a party’s family work and their criminal matters. In addition, although the court could not bring to a close representation by a lawyer whom an alleged abuser instructs outside the QLR scheme, if they choose a lawyer when it is plain that doing so will distress the alleged victim, it may look as though the choice is intended to inflict further distress on the alleged victim. A lawyer who permits themselves...

What are the key provisions of The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No 3) Regulations 2023? The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No 3) Regulations 2023, SI 2023/713, revise the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, SI 2009/855 (the Russia Regulations). Since September 2022, the UK has sought to sever Russia’s access to a range of professional services, and these latest steps reinforce the sanctions introduced over the past year. The updated trade measures prohibit any person from directly or indirectly supplying “legal advisory services” to a non-UK person where the advice relates to, or is connected with, conduct that would be prohibited by the Russia Regulations if carried out by a UK person or within the UK. In effect, UK lawyers are barred from advising Russian businesses on certain transactions, such as: commercial agreements between multinational companies international money lending Non-contentious legal advisory work is captured, including acting for a client, giving advice on or in connection with a commercial...

Practical implications This judgment delivers a concise overview of the relevant legal principles for a CA 2006, s 994 unfair prejudice petition and/or an alternative claim for a just and equitable winding up under IA 1986, s 122(1)(g), together with the specific criteria needed to establish such claims. For additional guidance on pursuing these claims, see Practice Notes: Unfair prejudice claim—what it is and when to use it Unfair prejudice claim—the procedure Just and equitable winding-up—what it is and when to use it Just and equitable winding-up—the procedure The key requirements for establishing a successful s 994 unfair prejudice petition Hildyard J addressed this at paras [35]–[48]. Despite a tendency to treat s 994 as covering any conduct connected with or affecting the company, and the court’s flexible, expansive approach, three cumulative requirements must be satisfied. These include: that the matters complained of are actual or proposed acts or omissions of the company, or amount to...

The UK’s rules on hybrid and other mismatches Since 1 January 2017, the UK’s hybrid and other mismatch rules (described in this Practice Note as the hybrid rules) have been in force, designed to neutralise tax mismatches arising from how a hybrid instrument or hybrid entity is treated for tax. Although the hybrid rules typically apply to cross-border dealings involving two or more jurisdictions, they can also apply to transactions that are entirely UK domestic. They specifically address: deduction/non-inclusion mismatches (D/NI mismatches), i.e. where a payment under a hybrid mismatch arrangement is deductible in the payer jurisdiction for tax purposes but is not included in the taxable income of a payee or a related party investor; and double deduction cases (DD cases), i.e. where a payment under a hybrid mismatch arrangement gives rise to more than one tax deduction. For more detail on the hybrid rules, see Practice Note: Hybrid mismatches—introduction to the rules. For an overview in table form of...

FORTHCOMING CHANGE relating to UK transfer pricing: At Budget 2025, the government confirmed that it intends to move ahead with a new duty on in‑scope multinationals to submit annual information regarding cross‑border related party transactions and dealings for accounting periods starting on or after 1 January 2027. The detailed rules for the new ‘International Controlled Transactions Schedule’ (ICTS) are expected to be formally issued for technical consultation during spring 2026. A consultation on this measure ran from April through to July 2025. See News Analysis: Budget 2025—Tax analysis—International. This Practice Note reviews the UK transfer pricing rules as they apply to chargeable periods (referred to in this Practice Note for ease and convenience as ‘accounting periods’) commencing before 1 January 2026. Note that the Finance Act 2026 introduced a range of reforms to the UK’s transfer pricing regime, most of which apply for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2026, subject to specified transitional provisions. For wider background on transfer pricing, see Practice Notes: Transfer pricing—what is...

The Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) The Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) sets out provisions that restrict and regulate substantial property transactions entered into between a company and its directors (see Practice Note: Substantial property transactions—requirement to obtain members’ approval). This Practice Note provides a summary of the CA 2006 provisions concerning the consequences where a company enters into a substantial property transaction without securing the requisite approval of the members, or without making the arrangement expressly conditional upon such approval being obtained, as required. For the purposes of these statutory provisions, ‘director’ includes any person occupying the office of director, by whatever name described, and also includes a shadow director. If the company undertaking a substantial property transaction has equity shares listed within the equity shares (commercial companies) category, the UK Listing Rules (UKLR), and notably UKLR 8 on related party transactions, may apply (see Practice Note: Equity shares (commercial companies) listing category—key continuing obligations)...

Notice designating an Early Termination Date following a Credit Event Upon Merger/Additional Termination Event/Tax Event Upon Merger where Burdened Party is not Affected Party [ Insert Lead-in Language ] We hereby give notice of the following circumstances: [ Provide, to a reasonable level of detail, the facts and context that result in the Credit Event Upon Merger/Additional Termination Event/Tax Event Upon Merger where the Burdened Party is not the Affected Party, and specify the Affected Transactions. Your explanation should be sufficiently thorough and expressly connected to the relevant wording of Section 5(b) or the Additional Termination Event provisions so that the counterparty can reasonably be expected to understand the basis for your determination ]...

Parties [ Insert the company name (the sponsor's name) ] with its registered office at [ insert address ], hereinafter called the Controller; [ Insert the company name (the name of the Contract Research Organisation (CRO)) ] with its registered office at [ insert address ], hereinafter called the Processor; each of the Controller and the Processor being a Party and, together, the Controller and the Processor being the Parties. BACKGROUND (A) The Parties have entered into one or more written agreements for the provision of certain Services connected to [ add description of the Services (e.g. the conduct and management of clinical trials) ], as amended from time to time and, collectively, the 'Principal Agreement', which involve the processing of certain Personal Data. (B) The Parties wish to record their respective rights and duties concerning the processing of Personal Data in this data protection schedule (the 'Schedule'), intended to be appended to the Principal Agreement...

This Agreement is made on [ insert day ] of [ insert month ] 20[ insert year ] Parties [ Insert full legal name and residential address of the individual, or the company’s registered name, number, and registered office address ] (Party A) [ Insert full legal name and residential address of the individual, or the company’s registered name, number, and registered office address ] (Party B) Each is a ‘Party’, and together they are the ‘Parties’. The Parties hereby agree as follows: 1 Definitions and Interpretation Dispute – denotes any claim that stems from, or relates to, [ Insert description of the dispute/circumstances giving rise to the dispute ]. Proceedings – refers to litigation before the courts of England and Wales, and any arbitration connected to the Dispute. Period of Suspension – signifies the timeframe commencing on the date of this Agreement and continuing until brought to an end in accordance with clause 3....

Serving the notice Administration of Estates Act 1925, s 1(3) states that on a person’s death the personal representatives step into the deceased’s place in relation to his real property, so far as any interest survives his death, and equally in relation to his personal property. It follows that a notice connected to that property should be directed to the deceased’s personal representative, irrespective of who holds that role, and irrespective of whether a grant of representation has yet been obtained, since the testator’s property vests in the executor from the moment of death, without any interval. Where the death is intestate, the administrator’s office is described as dative, because it arises only from the grant of administration. Accordingly, until a grant issues, the deceased’s property vests in the Public Trustee and not in the administrator, who acquires authority on the grant. Service on the personal representative is the proper course even before any grant...

Section 33 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (LG(MP)A 1982) This provision addresses how local authorities can enforce certain land-related covenants. It applies where a principal council and another person are parties to an instrument under seal that is executed for specific purposes relating to land in which that person has an interest. The section is engaged where the instrument is: executed to secure the carrying out of works on land within the council’s area in which the other party holds an interest; or executed to regulate the use of, or is otherwise connected with, land either within or outside the council’s area in which that party has an interest; and only where the instrument is neither executed to facilitate, nor otherwise connected with, the development of the relevant land. LG(MP)A 1982, s 33(2) sets out powerful enforcement provisions...

Compulsory acquisition of landlord’s interest by tenants of flats Under Part III of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (LTA 1987), qualifying long-lease flat owners may compel transfer of the landlord’s interest to a nominated person where: the landlord has breached duties to repair, maintain, insure or manage the building; or the building has been managed for at least two years by a manager appointed under LTA 1987, Part II. For criteria and procedure for an acquisition order, see Practice Note: Compulsory acquisition of landlord’s interest by tenants of flats. When deciding to bring an acquisition order as a standalone claim or within a defence and counterclaim, CPR 20.9 applies. The court considers whether to permit an additional claim, dismiss it, or require it be determined separately from the claimant’s claim. Factors may include: the connection between the additional claim and the claimant’s claim against the defendant; whether the additional claimant seeks substantially the same remedy...