Property: RIGHT TO MANAGE: what constitutes a “separate dwelling”?

Winston Jacob briefly analyses the guidance provided by the President of the Upper Tribunal in Q Studios (Stoke) RTM Co Ltd v Premier Ground Rents No. 6 Ltd [2020] UKUT 197 (LC) as to when a separate set of premises is a “flat” and when it is “occupied, or intended to be occupied, for residential purposes” and therefore subject to the right to manage provisions of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002.

Property: Fixed Charge Receivers

Adam Swirsky discusses how one form of enforcement still available during the Covid-19 Pandemic is the appointment of a fixed charge receiver and what the receiver’s duties are in regard to the case of Centenary Homes -v- Liddell [2020] EWHC 1080.

Commercial: Attorney General of the Virgin Islands v Global Water Associates Ltd (British Virgin Islands) [2020] UKPC 18

Dominic Bright explains what the test is for remoteness following breach of contract in relation to Attorney General of the Virgin Islands -v- Global Water Associates Ltd (British Virgin Islands) [2020] UKPC 18.

Company Law: The limits of the rule against reflective loss

Winston Jacob explores the rule against reflective loss for unsecured creditors who are not shareholders in the Supreme Court case Sevilleja -v- Marex Financial Ltd [2020] UKSC 31.