News and Blogs

News and Blogs

Grounds for contesting a Will

Grounds for contesting a Will

The loss of a loved one is an emotionally distressing time but with the value of estates increasing and becoming ever more complex it ... read more

What is it like to be a Colman Coyle Trainee?

What is it like to be a Colman Coyle Trainee?

In the world of law, the path to becoming a solicitor is a journey filled with challenges, growth, and invaluable experiences. We sit down with two trainee solicitors: Scarlett Anderson, and Charlie Anderson, to gain a better understanding of life as a trainee solicitor here at Colman Coyle. read more

Welcoming Anjani Purohit to our Litigation Department

Welcoming Anjani Purohit to our Litigation Department

Anjani has over 15 years’ experience advising on the full spectrum of property litigation matters including landlord and tenant disputes, rights of way, rights of light, trespass, adverse possession, restrictive covenants, property related professional negligence and much more. She has acted for high net worth individuals, government departments, major retailers, supermarkets, investment funds/ portfolios and various other entities over the years. read more

Understanding Mediation: A Guide to the Process England & Wales

Understanding Mediation: A Guide to the Process England & Wales

Howard Colman has prepared an explanatory guide giving a general outline of the main features of mediation in England and Wales and addressing some of the questions which we regularly encounter. read more

Amsterdam 2023: Howard Colman, Oksana Howard & Adam Palmer to attend annual IR Global conference

Amsterdam 2023: Howard Colman, Oksana Howard & Adam Palmer to attend annual IR Global conference

Colman Coyle are delighted to attend the upcoming annual IR Global Conference, in Amsterdam this September. The firm will be represented by Partners Howard Colman and Oksana Howard and will be joined by IR Global Rising Star Adam Palmer. read more

Re-marriage, stepchildren and inheritance

Re-marriage, stepchildren and inheritance

A recent article in the Sunday Times highlighted some of the very real problems that can arise over inheritances and family wealth as the number of “blended” families rises. read more

Financial decision making and young people

Financial decision making and young people

There has been considerable publicity recently regarding the very real difficulties many families are having in accessing child trust funds, where the child turns 18 but is unable to make decisions for themselves. read more

Colman Coyle are delighted to announce the inaugural meeting of the Business Optimisation Group at the IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in San Diego

Colman Coyle are delighted to announce the inaugural meeting of the Business Optimisation Group at the IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in San Diego

Colman Coyle are delighted to announce the inaugural meeting of the Business Optimisation Discussion Group (founded by Oksana Howard and Mendi Sossamon, supported by the headline sponsor Adrienne Braumiller) at the IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in San Diego. read more

Emma Reed joins our Property team

Emma Reed joins our Property team

Emma is a Solicitor with particular interest in Commercial Property law. Emma has experience acting for both landlords and tenants of commercial property, property developers, investors and lenders in the acquisition, finance and disposal of commercial property such as retail, industrial, offices and development sites. read more

Howard Colman to host golf event in Valencia for IR Global members

Howard Colman to host golf event in Valencia for IR Global members

Howard Colman, a founding Partner of Colman Coyle and IR Global Member of the Year 2022/23 is delighted to have organised the first official golf tournament for IR Global. read more

Howard Colman and Oksana Howard meet with international colleagues in London

Howard Colman and Oksana Howard meet with international colleagues in London

Oksana and Howard are pleased to have been able to meet with several of our international colleagues who joined us on their visits to London. read more

Reforming the leasehold and commonhold systems

Reforming the leasehold and commonhold systems

In January 2022, the UK Government launched a consultation on reforming the leasehold and commonhold systems in England and Wales, seeking views on the Law Commission recommendations made in July 2020. read more

Howard Colman attends IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in Bangkok

Howard Colman attends IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in Bangkok

Howard Colman, a Founding Partner of Colman Coyle, and IR Global Member of the Year 2022, has recently returned from a productive and successful IR Global conference in Bangkok. read more

The Budget and Inheritance Tax 

The Budget and Inheritance Tax 

The Chancellor unveiled his budget on 15th March but from the point of view of inheritance tax and estate planning there was no new announcements. read more

Q&A: Five minutes with David Bowers

Q&A: Five minutes with David Bowers

My journey was anything but traditional. After ‘A levels,’ I worked full time for a year, before going to study law at university. As part of this degree, I took the opportunity to study abroad at one of the oldest universities in Europe. read more

Howard Colman to attend 2023 IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in Bangkok

Howard Colman to attend 2023 IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in Bangkok

Howard Colman is delighted to represent Colman Coyle at the IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in Bangkok. Howard is the exclusive IR member for Commercial Litigation & Commercial Arbitration in England and a long standing member of the IR Dispute Resolution Committee. read more

Colman Coyle offers pro-bono legal services to the Ukrainian refugees with limited financial means wishing to set up a business in the UK

Colman Coyle offers pro-bono legal services to the Ukrainian refugees with limited financial means wishing to set up a business in the UK

Sadly, today is the anniversary of the Russian attack on Ukraine. The war has resulted in many refugees fleeing the Ukraine and a significant number have set up home in the U.K. read more

How Geopolitical Change Is Affecting M&A Activity in Europe

How Geopolitical Change Is Affecting M&A Activity in Europe

An article, written by Oksana Howard – Head of our Corporate Department at Colman Coyle, recently published on Law 360 – a highly reputable news source for legal professionals. read more

Beware of the Register of Overseas Entities deadline of 31 January 2023

Beware of the Register of Overseas Entities deadline of 31 January 2023

Overseas companies who own UK land or property have until 31 January 2023 to register with the UK Companies Registry, unless they are exempt. If the deadline is missed you can face severe sanctions (including imprisonment) or be restricted from selling your UK property. read more

An update on the 11 – 18 meter Cladding Remediation Fund

An update on the 11 – 18 meter Cladding Remediation Fund

On 10 January 2022 the Government announced an intention to provide a “fully funded plan of action including remediating unsafe cladding on 11 – 18m buildings”. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes meets His Majesty Felipe VI, King of Spain at the Spanish Chamber of Commerce 135th Anniversary Gala Dinner

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes meets His Majesty Felipe VI, King of Spain at the Spanish Chamber of Commerce 135th Anniversary Gala Dinner

Ignacio Morillas Paredes, a Committee Member of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in the United Kingdom, had the pleasure of meeting His Majesty Felipe VI, King of Spain as Guest of Honour at the 135th Anniversary Gala Dinner on Monday 21st November 2022. read more

Howard Colman interviewed by IR Global on winning Member of the Year 2022 in Barcelona

Howard Colman interviewed by IR Global on winning Member of the Year 2022 in Barcelona

Howard Colman, a Founding Partner of Colman Coyle, was delighted to win the IR Global Member of the Year 2022 award. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes invited to speak at opening of the Madrid City Council office ‘Antena’ in Central London

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes invited to speak at opening of the Madrid City Council office ‘Antena’ in Central London

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes, a Partner at Colman Coyle, was delighted to speak at the opening of Madrid’s City Council office in London on Monday 14 November 2022. read more

Colman Coyle attend the highly successful IR Global annual conference in Barcelona

Colman Coyle attend the highly successful IR Global annual conference in Barcelona

Howard Colman, Oksana Howard and Adam Palmer have recently returned from Barcelona where they represented Colman Coyle at the annual IR Global conference. read more

Howard Colman, Oksana Howard & Adam Palmer are travelling to Barcelona for the 2022 IR Global annual conference

Howard Colman, Oksana Howard & Adam Palmer are travelling to Barcelona for the 2022 IR Global annual conference

Following the highly successful 2022 IR Global conferences in Washington and Zurich, Colman Coyle are delighted to attend the annual conference in Barcelona next week. The firm will be represented by Howard Colman, Oksana Howard and a new IR Global Rising Star member Adam Palmer. read more

COVID rent arrears – A Landlord’s success story

COVID rent arrears – A Landlord’s success story

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by commercial tenants against the High Court’s summary judgment rulings ordering them to pay rent arrears notwithstanding the COVID-19 pandemic. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes interviewed by Herrera en COPE radio and La 1 de TVE following the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes interviewed by Herrera en COPE radio and La 1 de TVE following the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes, a Spanish lawyer and English solicitor residing in the United Kingdom for more than 23 years, has recently been interviewed by Herrera en COPE and La 1 de TVE following the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. read more

Successful collaboration between two IR Global members from UK – London based law firm Colman Coyle Solicitors and Michael Parkinson of UK accountancy firm Barnes Roffe LLP saves the client a seven figure sum in tax

Successful collaboration between two IR Global members from UK – London based law firm Colman Coyle Solicitors and Michael Parkinson of UK accountancy firm Barnes Roffe LLP saves the client a seven figure sum in tax

On referral of a fellow IR Global member Michael Parkinson of a prominent UK accountancy firm Barnes Roffe LLP - Colman Coyle’s Corporate team were initially instructed in relation to a management buy out of a family business in the UK. read more

Fire safety issue in residential blocks of flats

Fire safety issue in residential blocks of flats

Howard Colman and Ross Wilson of Colman Coyle are pleased to have acted for a large group of private flat owners and a housing charity in a claim in respect of various fire safety construction issues relating to two blocks of flats in North London. read more

Office closure on Monday 19th September 2022 for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral

Office closure on Monday 19th September 2022 for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral

In memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, our office will be closed on Monday 19th September 2022. read more

IR Global Member of the Year 2022

IR Global Member of the Year 2022

I am delighted that my partner, Howard Colman has been nominated as one of the three candidates to be the IR Global Member of the Year 2022. read more

Spanish Dinner Club Summer Party at H10 London Waterloo

Spanish Dinner Club Summer Party at H10 London Waterloo

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes, Colman Coyle and Jorge Gil from H10 London Waterloo were delighted to host the 9th Spanish Dinner Club Summer Party on Thursday 14th July 2022. read more

Charlie Anderson joins our Company Commercial team

Charlie Anderson joins our Company Commercial team

Colman Coyle are pleased to announce the arrival of Charlie Anderson who is joining the firm as a Paralegal. Charlie will be providing vital support in our Company Commercial Department. read more

Oksana Howard will be attending next week the IR Global ‘Dealmakers’ international business conference in Zurich

Oksana Howard will be attending next week the IR Global ‘Dealmakers’ international business conference in Zurich

Oksana Howard – the Head of Colman Coyle Corporate & Commercial Department - is looking forward to travelling to Zurich on Wednesday, 29 June 2022, to participate in the IR Global ‘Dealmakers’ conference, which will be attended by 150 legal and financial professionals from over 40 jurisdictions worldwide. read more

The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 – What Landlords Need To Know

The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 – What Landlords Need To Know

Following widespread calls for change, the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 will finally come into force at the end of this month on 30 June 2022, the exception being retirement properties which will not be affected until 1 April 2023. read more

Patrick Green guest speaker at Wellcome Collection Musuem for Marie Curie

Patrick Green guest speaker at Wellcome Collection Musuem for Marie Curie

Patrick Green was delighted to once again be invited by Marie Curie to discuss a wide range of key issues with wills, inheritance tax, charitable legacies and deeds of variation. read more

Dilek Kamalak invited to discuss with potential investors the legal aspects of buying a home in England

Dilek Kamalak invited to discuss with potential investors the legal aspects of buying a home in England

Dilek Kamalak, a Partner in Colman Coyle, is delighted to be a guest speaker to discuss the legal aspects of the home buying process in England. read more

Colman Coyle successfully oppose commercial tenant’s 1954 Act lease renewal claim on two grounds

Colman Coyle successfully oppose commercial tenant’s 1954 Act lease renewal claim on two grounds

Colman Coyle were instructed on behalf of the landlord of a number of properties in Hackney London, the ground floors of which had been let to a commercial tenant. read more

Howard Colman & Oksana Howard are travelling to Washington for the IR Global ‘On The Road’ conference

Howard Colman & Oksana Howard are travelling to Washington for the IR Global ‘On The Road’ conference

Howard Colman & Oksana Howard are travelling to Washington on Tuesday 10 May 2022 (tomorrow) to attend the IR Global ‘On The Road’ conference. read more

Colman Coyle supports Ukrainian charity Future for Children

Colman Coyle supports Ukrainian charity Future for Children

Colman Coyle is delighted to be supporting the Ukrainian charity, The Future for Children, which was originally founded by Ukrainian business activists to help with educational needs of Ukrainian children from deprived backgrounds. read more

Patrick Green guest speaker at Marie Curie ‘Gift for the Future’ event

Patrick Green guest speaker at Marie Curie ‘Gift for the Future’ event

Patrick Green was delighted to be a guest speaker at the ‘Gift for the Future’ event hosted by Marie Curie on Thursday 21 April 2022. read more

Meet the team attending the IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in Washington

Meet the team attending the IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in Washington

Howard Colman and Oksana Howard are looking forward to welcoming IR members at the IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in Washington next month. The conference will provide a great opportunity to cement existing relationships and make new ones with leading professionals. read more

Are you looking for a Legal Secretary role in Property? We are recruiting!

Are you looking for a Legal Secretary role in Property? We are recruiting!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Legal Secretary to provide support to the property department. The ideal candidate will have between 2-5 years of residential and commercial property legal experience. read more

Dilek Kamalak invited by Unique London Consultancy to discuss the legal aspects of buying a property in the UK

Dilek Kamalak invited by Unique London Consultancy to discuss the legal aspects of buying a property in the UK

Dilek Kamalak, a Partner in Colman Coyle, is delighted to be invited by Unique London Consultancy to discuss the legal aspects of buying a property in the UK. read more

Colman Coyle headline sponsor at the IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in Washington

Colman Coyle headline sponsor at the IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in Washington

Our headline sponsorship is an excellent opportunity to further strengthen our relationship with IR members, many of whom we know personally and have worked together on cross referral work to enhance our global outreach and ability to advise our international clients. read more

Howard Colman in Aarhus to represent Colman Coyle at the IR Global Scandinavia group meet

Howard Colman in Aarhus to represent Colman Coyle at the IR Global Scandinavia group meet

Howard Colman is away in Aarhus (Denmark) to represent Colman Coyle at the IR Global Scandinavia group meet. read more

See you there! Colman Coyle are delighted to be a headline sponsor at the IR Global ‘On the Road’ Conference in Washington DC

See you there! Colman Coyle are delighted to be a headline sponsor at the IR Global ‘On the Road’ Conference in Washington DC

Colman Coyle are delighted to be a headline sponsor at the IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in Washington in May 2022. read more

Pro bono legal and accounting assistance for Ukrainian refugees

Pro bono legal and accounting assistance for Ukrainian refugees

Colman Coyle Limited (solicitors) and RPG Crouch Chapman LLP (chartered accountants and tax advisers) have joined together to provide their professional help, free of charge, to refugees from the war in Ukraine at this distressing time. read more

Howard Colman to attend IR Global Scandinavia Group Meet in Aarhus

Howard Colman to attend IR Global Scandinavia Group Meet in Aarhus

Following on from the highly successful annual conference of IR Global which was held in London last year, Howard Colman will be representing Colman Coyle at the IR Global Scandinavia Group Meeting in Aarhus, Denmark between 31st March and 1st April 2022. read more

Colman Coyle’s Residential Property Team attend 12km walk to mark International Women’s Day and raise important funds for the Ella’s charity

Colman Coyle’s Residential Property Team attend 12km walk to mark International Women’s Day and raise important funds for the Ella’s charity

Nazli Kartal and Dee Yazicioglu from Colman Coyle’s Residential Property Team attended a 12km walk in Central London on Tuesday 8 March 2022 to mark International Women’s Day and raise important funds for the Ella’s charity. read more

Colman Coyle’s support for Ukraine

Colman Coyle’s support for Ukraine

Colman Coyle stands in solidarity with people in Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion, by donating to the Red Cross charity for the needs of Ukrainian refugees and offering a free help and support in assisting with the UK visas for Ukrainians seeking refuge in the UK. read more

Gift and Loan Agreements Between Family Members

Gift and Loan Agreements Between Family Members

An article in the Sunday Times on 30th January highlighted some of the problems that can arise with gifts or loans between family members and buying a property. read more

Q&A: Five minutes with Andrew Flint

Q&A: Five minutes with Andrew Flint

As the UK property market recently experienced record highs in activity prior to the stamp duty deadline, and more uncertainty around mortgage rates, we sit down with Andrew to hear his thoughts and ask a series of questions on his career to date. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes appears on live Spanish TV morning show to discuss changes to UK COVID rules

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes appears on live Spanish TV morning show to discuss changes to UK COVID rules

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes recently appeared on Telecinco, a Spanish news show, to discuss the distribution of coronavirus antigen tests in the UK. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes appears on Telecinco to discuss the distribution of coronavirus antigen tests in the UK

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes appears on Telecinco to discuss the distribution of coronavirus antigen tests in the UK

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes recently appeared on Telecinco, a Spanish news show, to discuss the distribution of coronavirus antigen tests in the UK. read more

Supreme Court waves goodbye to Gala

Supreme Court waves goodbye to Gala

In an eagerly awaited judgment by the Supreme Court handed down today, Lord Briggs in First Port Property Services Limited -v- Settlers Court RTM Company Limited & Others [2022] UKSC 1 overturned the Court of Appeal’s decision in Gala Unity Limited -v- Ariadne Road RTM Co Limited [2013] 1WLR988. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes discusses the important first steps to setting up a business in the UK with Plan Internacional de Navarra

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes discusses the important first steps to setting up a business in the UK with Plan Internacional de Navarra

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes, a partner of Colman Coyle, recently spoke with Plan Internacional de Navarra on the important first steps when establishing a new company in the United Kingdom. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes discusses the latest London Covid restrictions in Mediodía COPE radio interview

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes discusses the latest London Covid restrictions in Mediodía COPE radio interview

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes has appeared on Mediodía COPE radio to discuss the latest Covid restrictions imposed by the UK Government including face masks and use of vaccine passports in nightclubs and other hospitality settings. read more

Centro Social de Mayores and Spanish Dinner Club Christmas raffle raises almost £1000

Centro Social de Mayores and Spanish Dinner Club Christmas raffle raises almost £1000

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce that almost £1000 has been raised for Centro Social de Mayores Miguel de Cervantes, following our annual Christmas raffle organised by Ignacio Morillas-Paredes and attended by Spanish Dinner Club members at H10 London Waterloo Hotel. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes invited to Basque Living London to discuss the UK accreditation process for Spanish architects

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes invited to Basque Living London to discuss the UK accreditation process for Spanish architects

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes, a Partner in Colman Coyle, has been invited by Basque Living London on Wednesday 8 December 2021 from 6:30pm to inform Spanish qualified architects about the accreditation process to be able to practice in the UK. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes attends Vintners’ Hall in London to discuss investment opportunities in Andalusia hosted by President of the Andalusian Community, Juan Manuel Moreno

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes attends Vintners’ Hall in London to discuss investment opportunities in Andalusia hosted by President of the Andalusian Community, Juan Manuel Moreno

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes, a Partner in Colman Coyle, is well connected in the Spanish sector, often invited to conferences as a guest speaker in the UK and Spain. read more

Q&A: Five minutes with Ross Wilson

Q&A: Five minutes with Ross Wilson

Senior Associate Ross Wilson joined the Colman Coyle Property Litigation team at the beginning of 2021. We sit down with him to hear his insight and ask a series of questions on his career to date. read more

How the increased variety of family structures can lead to a dispute

How the increased variety of family structures can lead to a dispute

An article in the Sunday Times on 3rd October highlighted how the increasing variety in family structures is a factor leading to increased litigation following a death of a family member. read more

Cosima Berger joins our Dispute Resolution team

Cosima Berger joins our Dispute Resolution team

Colman Coyle are pleased to announce the arrival of Cosima Berger who is joining the firm as a Paralegal to provide litigation support. read more

Colman Coyle, Hawksford and Russo-British Chamber of Commerce hosted a joint hybrid event on advising foreign investors on investing into buy-to-let real estate assets in the UK

Colman Coyle, Hawksford and Russo-British Chamber of Commerce hosted a joint hybrid event on advising foreign investors on investing into buy-to-let real estate assets in the UK

The mixed panel discussion has provided a great overview of the legal, tax, KYC and Anti-Money Laundering requirements which foreign investors should be aware of when contemplating investing into property assets in the UK. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes guest speaker on Extenda discussing business investment in the UK

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes guest speaker on Extenda discussing business investment in the UK

Ignacio has been invited to be a guest speaker on 16 September 2021 at 10am (CEST). The webinar named “business investment in the UK” is a welcome opportunity for Ignacio to discuss the basic legal aspects of investing in the UK following Brexit, which include the creation of companies and inherent registry duties. read more

Colman Coyle re-elected to the Committee of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in the United Kingdom board

Colman Coyle re-elected to the Committee of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in the United Kingdom board

We are delighted to announce Ignacio Morillas-Paredes and Colman Coyle have been re-elected to the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in the United Kingdom board following the General Election at the beginning of this summer. read more

What do amendments to the Building Safety Bill mean for the industry? Ross Wilson discusses all in Property Week magazine

What do amendments to the Building Safety Bill mean for the industry? Ross Wilson discusses all in Property Week magazine

Ross Wilson, a Senior Associate in our Property Litigation department, recently wrote an article for Property Week on the amendments to the Building Safety Bill. read more

Colman Coyle, Hawksford and Russo-British Chamber of Commerce to host a hybrid event on investing in buy-to-let property in the UK

Colman Coyle, Hawksford and Russo-British Chamber of Commerce to host a hybrid event on investing in buy-to-let property in the UK

Colman Coyle are delighted to host a joint event along with Hawksford and Russo-British Chamber of Commerce in relation to foreign investors looking at buy-to-let property in the UK. read more

New Covid-19 Commercial Rent Arrears Arbitration scheme

New Covid-19 Commercial Rent Arrears Arbitration scheme

On 4 August 2021 the Government published some of the proposed objectives regarding a planned binding arbitration system for commercial landlords and tenants who have been affected. read more

Taking the stress out of probate

Taking the stress out of probate

The Metro newspaper published an interesting and helpful article last Monday regarding the probate process, which included some useful advice and tips designed to make what can be a difficult and stressful process easier. read more

What is the average allowance of annual leave? Ignacio Morillas-Paredes discusses in his recent Herrera en COPE radio interview

What is the average allowance of annual leave? Ignacio Morillas-Paredes discusses in his recent Herrera en COPE radio interview

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes, a Partner at Colman Coyle, has appeared on La COPE radio along with university professor Ramiro Cabeñes in Shanghai, to discuss which countries (on average) are given the lowest and highest allowance of annual leave days. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes participates in International Experts Forum

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes participates in International Experts Forum

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes delivered an informative and successful presentation to over three-hundred Spanish professionals at the International Expert Forum on Thursday 20 May 2021 organised by iusTime Red internacional de Asesorías. read more

Colman Coyle attends English Law day in Ukraine Virtual Event organised by The Law Society of England and Wales

Colman Coyle attends English Law day in Ukraine Virtual Event organised by The Law Society of England and Wales

Oksana Howard and Patrick Green have attended an English Law day in Ukraine Virtual Event organised by The Law Society of England and Wales. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes to participate in webinar organised by the International Experts Forum

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes to participate in webinar organised by the International Experts Forum

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes, a Partner at Colman Coyle, has been invited to participate in The International Expert Forum which will bring together leading professional experts from the United Kingdom and Spain to address the challenges and opportunities for companies following Brexit. read more

Leaving Cryptocurrency in your Will

Leaving Cryptocurrency in your Will

Owning cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin is becoming increasingly common and one issue that is starting to become more prominent now is how to deal with these types of assets on your death. read more

How the recent fire at New Providence Wharf could change the way unsafe cladding is removed

How the recent fire at New Providence Wharf could change the way unsafe cladding is removed

Just over a week after the Fire Safety Act 2021 received royal assent, a fire has engulfed three floors of the 19 storey New Providence Wharf tower block in east London. read more

Fire Safety Bill becomes Fire Safety Act 2021

Fire Safety Bill becomes Fire Safety Act 2021

The Fire Safety Bill received Royal Assent on 29 April 2021 and is now known as the Fire Safety Act 2021. The passing of this Act is bittersweet for tenants of multi-occupied residential buildings. read more

Are you looking for a Property Litigation solicitor role? We are recruiting!

Are you looking for a Property Litigation solicitor role? We are recruiting!

We are looking for an experienced litigation solicitor to join our well respected and busy property litigation team here at Colman Coyle. read more

Ross Wilson joins our Dispute Resolution department

Ross Wilson joins our Dispute Resolution department

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce the arrival of Ross Wilson to our Dispute Resolution department. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes delivers successful post-Brexit webinar to sixty-five lawyers from Bizkaia Law Society

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes delivers successful post-Brexit webinar to sixty-five lawyers from Bizkaia Law Society

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes delivered a successful presentation to over sixty-five lawyers at the Bizkaia Law Society on Thursday 18 March 2021 along with Irene Palomares from the Spanish Embassy and Carolina Marin from Dawson Cornwell. read more

Philip Otvos participates in IR Global Real Estate Virtual Series: Bouncing back after the global pandemic

Philip Otvos participates in IR Global Real Estate Virtual Series: Bouncing back after the global pandemic

Philip Otvos, a Partner at Colman Coyle, has participated in the latest IR Global virtual round table series on real estate bouncing back from the global pandemic. read more

Oksana Howard Co-chairs IR Global March Virtual Event – Commercial Law Meeting

Oksana Howard Co-chairs IR Global March Virtual Event – Commercial Law Meeting

A Partner in our Corporate/Commercial Department and IR Global Commercial Committee member Oksana Howard, who frequently deals with international clients and transactions, co-chaired Commercial Meeting break-out sessions during the IR Global March virtual event. read more

The Importance of Trusts – Part 2

The Importance of Trusts – Part 2

In the first part of this blog, we briefly touched on the long history of trusts in English law and the fact that whilst there may be many misconceptions about them, they are a highly regulated way of benefiting people. read more

Legal implications of Brexit: Ignacio Morillas-Paredes to participate in webinar organised by the Bizkaia Law Society

Legal implications of Brexit: Ignacio Morillas-Paredes to participate in webinar organised by the Bizkaia Law Society

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes has been invited to discuss some of the changes in different areas of law following Brexit. read more

The Budget and Private Clients

The Budget and Private Clients

As many would have seen, the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, delivered his budget speech yesterday, which included a variety of measures but here, we are only looking at some key points for private individuals. read more

The Importance of Trusts

The Importance of Trusts

A recent paper from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) has highlighted the social and economic benefits of trusts. The report acknowledged that for many people trusts are seen in a negative light, perhaps because they are seen as secretive or only used by the super-rich or those looking to hide something from the authorities. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes and Paloma García Ovejero discuss UK/EU Free Trade Agreement on La COPE radio

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes and Paloma García Ovejero discuss UK/EU Free Trade Agreement on La COPE radio

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes, a Partner in our Corporate and Commercial Department, has appeared as a guest speaker with Spanish journalist Paloma García Ovejero on La COPE radio following the UK/EU Free Trade agreement. read more

Naming the Right Beneficiary

Naming the Right Beneficiary

We have previously talked about the importance of putting in place a Will and the difficulties that can arise if this is not done, but it is important when considering who you would like to benefit under your Will that the beneficiaries are correctly identified. read more

Post Brexit Trade Deal – What does this mean for London Businesses?

Post Brexit Trade Deal – What does this mean for London Businesses?

Oksana Howard, a Partner in our Corporate and Commercial Department, has presented the webinar on the new EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which was hosted by the Greater London Authority’s London Business Hub on 21 January 2021. read more

Commercial Property Evictions Ban Extended Until March 2021

Commercial Property Evictions Ban Extended Until March 2021

Commercial tenants will be protected from eviction due to non-payment of rent until the end of March 2021, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick announced this week. read more

Oksana Howard attends the online English Law Day in Uzbekistan

Oksana Howard attends the online English Law Day in Uzbekistan

Oksana Howard - a Partner in Corporate & Commercial Department at Colman Coyle and the Head of the firm’s CIS desk has attended the English Law Day in Uzbekistan webinar organised by the International Committee of The Law Society of England and Wales. read more

The End of the EU Transitional Period – What does this mean for London Businesses?

The End of the EU Transitional Period – What does this mean for London Businesses?

Registrations are now open for “The end of the EU Transition Period” webinar hosted by the Greater London Authority’s London Business Hub on 9th December 2020 at 10am. read more

Interpretation of “goodwill” leads to a reduction to the purchase price of company by USD5.7 million

Interpretation of “goodwill” leads to a reduction to the purchase price of company by USD5.7 million

What is the meaning of “goodwill” in the context of a share purchase? A lawyer may explain that “goodwill” means the good name, reputation and business connections of a company. read more

Colman Coyle recover 100% of investors’ failed investments

Colman Coyle recover 100% of investors’ failed investments

Howard Colman of Colman Coyle has been acting on behalf of a large group of investors based in numerous countries who sought to recover monies, which they had lost as the result of the failure of a property investment scheme in which they had participated in 2013/14. read more

Lenders relaxing rules on indemnity insurance for local searches

Lenders relaxing rules on indemnity insurance for local searches

Since the COVID pandemic began the processing of local searches by local authorities has slowed considerably and in some cases has ground to a halt. read more

Overseas companies – new Companies House filing requirements

Overseas companies – new Companies House filing requirements

Companies House has brought in new filing requirements for certain overseas companies which coincide with the end of the transition period to the UK leaving the European Union on 31 December 2020. read more

Oksana Howard Co-chairs Commercial Break-out Sessions during IR Global Virtual Conference

Oksana Howard Co-chairs Commercial Break-out Sessions during IR Global Virtual Conference

As a member of IR Global Commercial Committee, Oksana was pleased to co-chair Commercial Committee break-out sessions during the IR Global Virtual Conference this week. The discussion was focused on various commercial issues related to Covid. read more

Inheritance Tax Burden on London and South East

Inheritance Tax Burden on London and South East

Recent newspaper articles have highlighted statistics that show where the burden of inheritance tax liability falls. read more

Colman Coyle invites you to attend last wine tasting session hosted by Spanish Chamber of Commerce & Raventós Codorníu

Colman Coyle invites you to attend last wine tasting session hosted by Spanish Chamber of Commerce & Raventós Codorníu

Colman Coyle would like to remind you the last of three wine tasting sessions hosted by Spanish Chamber of Commerce and Raventós-Codorníu in conjunction with Spanish Dinner Club will take place on Thursday 27th August at 19:00. read more

New legislation for remote signing of wills

New legislation for remote signing of wills

The law relating to wills in England & Wales is to be amended so that wills can be witnessed remotely under certain conditions and shall still be valid. read more

GLA appoints Colman Coyle to produce ‘how to guides’ on lease negotiation and rent reviews

GLA appoints Colman Coyle to produce ‘how to guides’ on lease negotiation and rent reviews

Colman Coyle is pleased to announce its continuing work with the Greater London Authority (“GLA”). The GLA, on behalf of the London Economic Action Partnership (LEAP), recently appointed us to deliver a range of ‘How to’ guides on the topic of lease negotiation and rent review for micro and small businesses. read more

We are due to hold our AGM; how can we hold it and comply with social distancing?

We are due to hold our AGM; how can we hold it and comply with social distancing?

On 26th June 2020 the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (the “Act”) came into law. read more

Successful judicial review for financial advisors

Successful judicial review for financial advisors

Colman Coyle were recently instructed by a firm of independent financial advisors to challenge a final decision issued by the Financial Ombudsman Service (“the FOS”). read more

Online LPA Digital Service

Online LPA Digital Service

The Office of the Public Guardian has unveiled a new online service for registered Lasting Powers of Attorney, which is designed to help attorneys prove their status to banks, health care providers and other organisations. read more

Leasehold Reform

Leasehold Reform

The Law Commission has published its leasehold reform report and amongst its recommendations are the following: read more

Successful virtual wine tasting evening for Colman Coyle

Successful virtual wine tasting evening for Colman Coyle

We are pleased to announce the first virtual wine tasting event was a huge success and an enjoyable evening for all participants. Thank you to everyone who attended our first session. read more

Oksana Howard participates in IR Global Commercial Working Group Virtual North America meeting

Oksana Howard participates in IR Global Commercial Working Group Virtual North America meeting

Oksana Howard has participated in IR Global Commercial Working Group Zoom meeting aimed at North American market to discuss various collaborative opportunities for North American Commercial Group, as well as current issues affecting local businesses. read more

Colman Coyle welcomed to Wales for RICS 2020 Virtual Conference

Colman Coyle welcomed to Wales for RICS 2020 Virtual Conference

Michael Large, a Senior Associate in our Property Litigation Department, was delighted to be a speaker at RICS Wales 2020 Conference on 16 June 2020, speaking on the subject of Commercial Property Rent Reviews. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes appears on Andalucía Por El Mundo programme

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes appears on Andalucía Por El Mundo programme

In early 2020, Ignacio Morillas-Paredes from Colman Coyle filmed a segment for a Spanish programme called Andalucía Por El Mundo which showcases people from the Andalucía region who have relocated abroad. read more

Ban on Evictions Extended

Ban on Evictions Extended

On 5 June 2020 the government extended the suspension on evictions until 23 August 2020. We understand that these changes will be implemented on 25 June, shortly before the current moratorium expires. read more

Virtual Wine Tasting Event with Spanish Dinner Club

Virtual Wine Tasting Event with Spanish Dinner Club

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes, a Partner at Colman Coyle, would like to invite you to a series of online wine tasting events hosted by Raventós-Codorníu. The initiative is being organised by the Spanish Dinner Club and will kindly be hosted by the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in the UK. read more

Oksana Howard Co-hosted Commercial Working Group Virtual EMEA Meeting

Oksana Howard Co-hosted Commercial Working Group Virtual EMEA Meeting

Oksana Howard co-hosted IR Global Commercial Working Group Virtual EMEA meeting, together with her friend and colleague John Wolfs from a well-known law firm Wolfs Advocaten based in Netherlands. read more

Oksana Howard advises on International Renewable Energy Joint Venture Project in Eastern Europe

Oksana Howard advises on International Renewable Energy Joint Venture Project in Eastern Europe

Oksana Howard, who is a Partner at Colman Coyle Corporate and International Departments, has recently advised an up-and-coming UK Renewable Energy Company on the joint venture renewable energy project in Eastern Europe, entered into with the Chinese entrepreneur and published author on offshore wind maintenance. read more

Supreme Court confirms that residential landlords cannot give consent to allow a breach of a lease

Supreme Court confirms that residential landlords cannot give consent to allow a breach of a lease

Last week, in the case of Duval v 11-13 Randolph Crescent Ltd [2020] UKSC 18, the Supreme Court confirmed a previous Court of Appeal decision and found that a residential landlord was not able to grant a licence for alterations. read more

Howard Colman hosts virtual IR Global meeting with international group of dispute resolution lawyers

Howard Colman hosts virtual IR Global meeting with international group of dispute resolution lawyers

As a committee member for the IR Global Disputes Group, Howard Colman hosted a virtual meeting with an international group of dispute resolution lawyers on Thursday 14th May 2020. read more

Recent case highlights the importance for business owners to plan for business succession

Recent case highlights the importance for business owners to plan for business succession

In March we commented on the importance of business succession planning and business LPAs and a recent case has further highlighted the need for business owners to consider planning for business succession. read more

Cross border trade and Covid-19 issues – applicable law and jurisdiction could be crucial

Cross border trade and Covid-19 issues – applicable law and jurisdiction could be crucial

As most lawyers with any experience of disputes involving cross border trade contracts will know, the question of which law applies to the contract and, which forum is appropriate for the determination of any dispute, is frequently an issue. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes to participate in Extenda webinar to discuss protection against online fraud in the UK

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes to participate in Extenda webinar to discuss protection against online fraud in the UK

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes, a Partner at Colman Coyle, has been invited to participate in a series of webinars organised by Extenda (Andalusian Agency for Foreign Promotion) with the participation of ICEX (España Exportación e Inversiones). read more

Updated Inheritance Tax Allowances

Updated Inheritance Tax Allowances

As from 6th April, the amount a married couple, or those in a civil partnership, can leave free of inheritance tax has increased so it is now possible for such a couple can now leave a combined amount of up to £1 million to their direct descendants. read more

Signing a Will or Power of Attorney during COVID-19

Signing a Will or Power of Attorney during COVID-19

The current difficult circumstances surrounding the Coronavirus has affected many things but one area where it is having considerable impact is in the area of signing documents, particularly wills and powers of attorney. read more

Capital Gains tax changes for residential property

Capital Gains tax changes for residential property

A reminder that the rules for paying Capital Gains tax after selling qualifying residential property are changing from 6th April 2020. read more

Coronavirus Act 2020 – Business Tenancies

Coronavirus Act 2020 – Business Tenancies

The government have now enacted provisions to prevent forfeiture claims being brought against businesses as a result of the crisis. read more

Coronavirus Act 2020 – Residential Tenancies

Coronavirus Act 2020 – Residential Tenancies

On 18th March 2020, the Government issued a press release stating that emergency legislation would be introduced to “suspend new evictions from social or private rented accommodation while this national emergency is taking place” and “no new possession proceedings through applications to the court to start during the crisis”. read more

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

We have been having questions coming through asking whether employers can apply for the scheme if their staff are on reduced pay. read more

Coping with the new challenges

Coping with the new challenges

Our clients have been repeatedly asking us to assist them with some of the issues their businesses are now facing as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic. read more

Colman Coyle helps GLA support businesses with ongoing coronavirus crisis

Colman Coyle helps GLA support businesses with ongoing coronavirus crisis

Colman Coyle was very happy to help the Greater London Authority in the ongoing coronavirus crisis. We have drafted a number of advice fact sheets very short notice to the GLA's Growth Hub, which provides support for businesses and employers. read more

Coronavirus – what is the position in English law under a lease or other contract if the pandemic affects performance of obligations

Coronavirus – what is the position in English law under a lease or other contract if the pandemic affects performance of obligations

Apart from the obvious, and in many cases tragic, health effects of the current pandemic, almost every form of business is currently being significantly affected. read more

IR Global and the art of cooperation

IR Global and the art of cooperation

Once again the connections which we have formed through our membership of IR Global have been of great help to a client who was engaged in a difficult dispute. read more

Measures taken against COVID-19 at Colman Coyle

Measures taken against COVID-19 at Colman Coyle

In response to the COVID-19 global outbreak, Colman Coyle are putting in place measures in line with the latest advice given by the UK Government and Public Health England. The welfare of our staff, clients, and suppliers is our main priority. read more

Oksana Howard becomes a Partner at Colman Coyle

Oksana Howard becomes a Partner at Colman Coyle

Colman Coyle is pleased to announce that Oksana Howard will become a Partner in our Corporate and International Departments, with effect from 1st April 2020. read more

Colman Coyle successfully resolve an alleged property fraud and discharge a freezing injunction

Colman Coyle successfully resolve an alleged property fraud and discharge a freezing injunction

A freezing injunction is an interim order that prohibits a party from disposing of, or dealing with, assets. read more

Rent reviews in the news

Rent reviews in the news

Commercial rent reviews are in the news following reports in The Evening Standard and The Daily Telegraph. They also look set to be a key battleground in the forthcoming London Mayoral elections. read more

Stamp duty surcharge for overseas buyers in 2020 budget

Stamp duty surcharge for overseas buyers in 2020 budget

The Chancellor has announced in his budget of 11th March that there will be a 2% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of property by non-resident overseas buyers. read more

The importance of a Business Lasting Power of Attorney

The importance of a Business Lasting Power of Attorney

Many business owners give thought to succession planning and how to pass their business on, whether to their children or indeed to somebody else. read more

It’s that time of year again for the Annual Employment Tribunal Compensation Limit Increases

It’s that time of year again for the Annual Employment Tribunal Compensation Limit Increases

The annual changes to Employment tribunal compensation are due to come into force next month. read more

Thousands of leasehold buyers were misled by developers – Competition and Markets Authority finds

Thousands of leasehold buyers were misled by developers – Competition and Markets Authority finds

Following the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) investigation into the leasehold market in June last year, the CMA has found that around 100,000 families in the UK have been misled regarding costs of ground rent, the cost of converting leasehold to freehold ownership, and fees. read more

Digital mortgage services reaches milestone

Digital mortgage services reaches milestone

The Land Registry has announced that the 7000th re-mortgage deed was signed and registered digitally in February 2020. This follows the registration of the first digital mortgage in April 2018. read more

President of Miguel de Cervantes Association Ramon Blasco given Silver Civil Merit Medal from Spanish Ambassador for his outstanding work

President of Miguel de Cervantes Association Ramon Blasco given Silver Civil Merit Medal from Spanish Ambassador for his outstanding work

Mr Blasco, president of the elderly home association, Miguel de Cervantes, has been given the Silver Civil Merit Medal by the Spanish Ambassador in UK, His Excellency, Mr Carlos Bastarreche. read more

Guardians of the Arches debates key legal changes for commercial tenants

Guardians of the Arches debates key legal changes for commercial tenants

Small and medium sized businesses are important but often undervalued commercial tenants, leasing a wide range of commercial properties across the country. read more

Government to start trialling reservation agreements to improve conveyancing process

Government to start trialling reservation agreements to improve conveyancing process

The government is keen to reduce the wasted costs and disappointment that results from withdrawn offers, gazumping (where the seller accepts an alternative higher offer) and gazundering (where the buyer reduces the offer at the last minute). read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes appears on live Spanish National TV channel La Sexta following the UK’s departure from EU

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes appears on live Spanish National TV channel La Sexta following the UK’s departure from EU

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes, a Partner at Colman Coyle, was interviewed live on Saturday 1st February 2020 by Spanish National TV channel La Sexta. read more

Statutory Legacy increases to £270,000 for spouses from 6 February 2020

Statutory Legacy increases to £270,000 for spouses from 6 February 2020

The government has announced changes to the intestacy rules that apply when somebody dies without leaving a will. read more

Colman Coyle and the GLA

Colman Coyle and the GLA

Affordable working space for small businesses is set to be an important issue at the forthcoming London Mayoral elections. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes interviewed by Expansión newspaper over the future of the UK after Brexit

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes interviewed by Expansión newspaper over the future of the UK after Brexit

The Spanish newspaper Expansión has recently interviewed 25 executives working in London to offer their vision for the future of the ... read more

Christmas raffle raises over £1000 for Centro Social de Mayores

Christmas raffle raises over £1000 for Centro Social de Mayores

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce over £1000 has been raised for Centro Social de Mayores Miguel de Cervantes, following a recent Christmas raffle organised by The Spanish Dinner Club and kindly hosted at H10 Waterloo in London. read more

Scarlett Anderson joins our Property Department

Scarlett Anderson joins our Property Department

Colman Coyle is pleased to announce the arrival of Scarlett Anderson to our Property Team. read more

IR Global Member Roland Jones from Barbados visits Colman Coyle

IR Global Member Roland Jones from Barbados visits Colman Coyle

Oksana Howard of the International and Corporate Departments of Colman Coyle had a pleasure of meeting with another IR Global member Roland Jones from Axebrdidge Corporate Services Limited based in Barbados. read more

Crypto assets are now recognised as ‘tradeable property’

Crypto assets are now recognised as ‘tradeable property’

The legal status of crypto assets and smart contracts under English and Welsh law has been clarified by a recent statement by the Chancellor of the England and Wales High Court, which has recognised crypto assets as ‘tradeable property’. read more

Howard Colman and Oksana Howard to attend 2020 IR Global “On the Road” conference in Miami

Howard Colman and Oksana Howard to attend 2020 IR Global “On the Road” conference in Miami

Following on from the highly successful annual conference of IR Global which took place in Amsterdam in October 2019, Howard Colman and Oksana Howard will be representing Colman Coyle at the IR Global “On the Road” conference in Miami in January 2020. read more

Michael Large presents LexisNexis webinar on commercial property law in 2019

Michael Large presents LexisNexis webinar on commercial property law in 2019

Michael Large, a Senior Associate in our Property Litigation Department presented a webinar to LexisNexis subscribers on Monday 9 December 2019. His co-presenter was Rahul Varma (barrister) of Selborne Chambers. read more

Oksana Howard participates in the market entry panel discussion as a speaker for Great Britain at the IR Global Eastern European Meeting in Prague

Oksana Howard participates in the market entry panel discussion as a speaker for Great Britain at the IR Global Eastern European Meeting in Prague

Oksana Howard participates in the market entry panel discussion as a speaker for Great Britain at the IR Global Eastern European Meeting in Prague. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes appears in live national interview by La Cadena Cope radio following the UK election result

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes appears in live national interview by La Cadena Cope radio following the UK election result

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes, a Partner at Colman Coyle has appeared in a live national interview today on, Mediodia-Cope over the UK election result and what can be expected. read more

Successful conference for Ignacio Morillas-Paredes at Guadalajara Investment Forum in London

Successful conference for Ignacio Morillas-Paredes at Guadalajara Investment Forum in London

A fruitful morning conference for Ignacio Morillas-Paredes, partner at Colman Coyle who was invited as a speaker to the Guadalajara (Spain) Investment Forum in London on Tuesday 3rd December 2019. read more

Is sending Christmas cards a breach of the GDPR rules? Surely not?

Is sending Christmas cards a breach of the GDPR rules? Surely not?

Historically, companies at this festive time of year send hundreds of cards to customers, suppliers and clients. read more

Oksana Howard attends IR Global Eastern European Meeting in Prague

Oksana Howard attends IR Global Eastern European Meeting in Prague

Oksana Howard of Colman Coyle International Department will be attending IR Global Eastern European Meeting in Prague later this week. read more

Oksana Howard attends Czech-British Chamber of Commerce Annual Christmas Dinner

Oksana Howard attends Czech-British Chamber of Commerce Annual Christmas Dinner

Oksana Howard of International Department of Colman Coyle attended Annual Christmas Dinner organised by Czech-British Chamber of Commerce, which was held at Mayfair Hotel in Central London. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes guest speaker at Guadalajara Investment Forum in London

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes guest speaker at Guadalajara Investment Forum in London

Colman Coyle Partner Ignacio Morillas-Paredes has been invited as a guest speaker to the Guadalajara Investment Forum in London on Tuesday 3rd December 2019. read more

Six key features to consider when registering an overseas company in the UK

Six key features to consider when registering an overseas company in the UK

Registering a UK establishment as an overseas company is a useful tool for overseas businesses which trade in the UK and wish to establish a UK presence but do not want to set up a UK company. read more

Charity Commission issues report on fraud against UK charities

Charity Commission issues report on fraud against UK charities

The Charity Commission has issued a report on fraud against UK charities which helps highlight some very real potential problems for charities. read more

Michael Large presents LexisNexis webinar on commercial rent reviews

Michael Large presents LexisNexis webinar on commercial rent reviews

Michael Large, a Senior Associate in our Property Litigation Department presented a webinar on commercial rent reviews to LexisNexis subscribers on Friday 18 October 2019. read more

Colman Coyle meeting with IR Global members at Oxford and Cambridge Club in London

Colman Coyle meeting with IR Global members at Oxford and Cambridge Club in London

Following another very successful IR Global conference in Amsterdam, Howard Colman and Oksana Howard of Colman Coyle met with their fellow IR Global members Andrew Hudders of New York law firm Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP and Shilpen Savani of London law firm GunnerCooke at the iconic Oxford and Cambridge Club based near St James's Palace in London. read more

Experienced Legal Secretary required for a well-known Central London law firm based near Angel, Islington

Experienced Legal Secretary required for a well-known Central London law firm based near Angel, Islington

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an additional experienced Legal Secretary to provide support to the Litigation department of a highly regarded busy law firm based in this trendy and vibrant location. read more

Bank’s liability for failing to prevent fraud

Bank’s liability for failing to prevent fraud

The Supreme Court has very recently (30th October 2019) handed down judgment in the case of Singularis Holdings Ltd (In Official Liquidation) v Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd. read more

State Immunity for a European State in Employment Claim

State Immunity for a European State in Employment Claim

Colman Coyle’s Employment team have recently successfully concluded a claim in the Employment Tribunal brought by an employee against Colman Coyle’s client. It was an unusual case in that our client was an Institute located in England but operated by a European State Government. read more

Guardians of the Arches secure Tenants Charter

Guardians of the Arches secure Tenants Charter

Guardians of the Arches started as a collective of railway arch tenants from Hackney in London. It has grown into a national association for commercial tenants, with over four hundred members and counting. read more

Howard Colman and Oksana Howard to attend 2019 IR Global conference in Amsterdam

Howard Colman and Oksana Howard to attend 2019 IR Global conference in Amsterdam

Howard Colman and Oksana Howard from our International Department will be representing Colman Coyle at the conference, which will be attended by 400 out of 950 professionals who are part of the network. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes guest speaker at British Spanish Law Association Annual Conference in Madrid

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes guest speaker at British Spanish Law Association Annual Conference in Madrid

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes, a Partner at Colman Coyle, was invited to be a guest speaker in Spain on Saturday 5th October 2019 to discuss the legal, political, economic and social issues of Brexit. read more

Ozone’s spectacular Emma Street opening!

Ozone’s spectacular Emma Street opening!

Harry Dronfield, Nathalie White and Adam Palmer attended the opening of Ozone Coffee’s Emma Street, Bethnal Green roasting house and eatery on Wednesday 9th October 2019. read more

Navneet Jhawar joins our Dispute Resolution department

Navneet Jhawar joins our Dispute Resolution department

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce the arrival of Navneet Jhawar to our Dispute Resolution department. read more

Forget Brexit, we may have a Ministry for Employment Rights and Workers’ Protection Agency

Forget Brexit, we may have a Ministry for Employment Rights and Workers’ Protection Agency

There has been talk about a general election, and if Labour get in, they have proposed a creation of a Ministry for Employment Rights. This will be quite a shake up of employment and trade union law. read more

Patrick Green attends Jersey Finance Annual Private Wealth Conference

Patrick Green attends Jersey Finance Annual Private Wealth Conference

Patrick Green from Colman Coyle’s Private Client Department attended the Jersey Finance Annual Private Wealth Conference on Thursday. read more

Rights of first refusal: new leases granted by landlord before a collective enfranchisement claim were exempt disposals

Rights of first refusal: new leases granted by landlord before a collective enfranchisement claim were exempt disposals

In York House (Chelsea) Ltd v Thompson and another [2019] EWHC 2203 (Ch), the High Court held that the grant of new leases of various parts of a block of flats for no premium and at a peppercorn rent, by the husband and wife freehold owners to one or other of themselves, was an exempt disposal. read more

Commonhold on hold?

Commonhold on hold?

Commonhold is an alternative to leasehold ownership, and the idea behind it is that it allows a person to own a freehold flat and be a member of the company which owns and manages the common parts and structure of the building. read more

Wissam Abousleiman from Lebanon visits our London office

Wissam Abousleiman from Lebanon visits our London office

Colman Coyle were pleased to welcome Wissam Abousleiman to our London office on Thursday 12th September 2019. read more

Weak pound encourages M&A activity in the UK

Weak pound encourages M&A activity in the UK

The drop in the value of the pound has made the acquisition of UK businesses more attractive for foreign buyers. read more

‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ involved in up to a fifth of all property purchases

‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ involved in up to a fifth of all property purchases

A recent article in the Sunday Times has highlighted various pitfalls that can occur when parents give or lend money to their children in relation to property purchases. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes interviewed by Clarín World radio on 28th August 2019 over parliament prorogation, Queen’s role, legal challenges and the UK departing the EU

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes interviewed by Clarín World radio on 28th August 2019 over parliament prorogation, Queen’s role, legal challenges and the UK departing the EU

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes interviewed by Clarín World radio on 28th August 2019 over parliament prorogation, Queen’s role, legal challenges and the UK departing the EU read more

Thomas Coyle joins the firm as a Trainee Solicitor

Thomas Coyle joins the firm as a Trainee Solicitor

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce the arrival of Thomas Coyle. Thomas will be joining the firm as a Trainee Solicitor to provide vital support for the growing team. read more

Leasehold reform

Leasehold reform

When selling a leasehold property, particularly in a professionally managed block of flats, the managing agent needs to supply information that is required by the buyer’s solicitor and will charge a fee for doing so. read more

The government seeks landlords’ and tenants’ views on implementing its decision to remove section 21 of the Housing Act 1988

The government seeks landlords’ and tenants’ views on implementing its decision to remove section 21 of the Housing Act 1988

In April this year, the government set out its plans to abolish tenants’ evictions where there is no reason for eviction, which is currently possible under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988. read more

IR Global Conference in Chicago

IR Global Conference in Chicago

Oksana Howard and Howard Colman of Colman Coyle International Department were delighted to attend the IR Global Conference in Chicago. read more

The importance of a properly drawn up will

The importance of a properly drawn up will

A case regarding a disputed succession has featured in the media recently, with the point at issue being whether the husband or the wife died first. Sadly, the couple were found dead in their home and is not known with certainty when they died or which of them died first. read more

Patrick Green passes STEP qualification in UK Tax for International Clients

Patrick Green passes STEP qualification in UK Tax for International Clients

Colman Coyle is pleased to announce that Patrick Green, a Senior Associate in our Private Client Department has recently passed the STEP Advanced Certificate in UK Tax for International Clients. read more

Colman Coyle to attend the IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in Chicago, USA

Colman Coyle to attend the IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in Chicago, USA

Howard Colman & Oksana Howard will be representing Colman Coyle at the IR Global ‘On the Road’ conference in Chicago, USA from 10th July to 13th July 2019. read more

Oksana Howard attends Business Breakfast in honour of the UK Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan

Oksana Howard attends Business Breakfast in honour of the UK Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan

Oksana Howard attends Business Breakfast in honour of the UK Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan read more

Colman Coyle at the House of Commons

Colman Coyle at the House of Commons

Following their campaigning work last year, Guardians of the Arches was instrumental in the National Audit Office (NAO) study into Network Rail‘s recent sale of railway arches. read more

Importance of a Charity’s Surveyors Report

Importance of a Charity’s Surveyors Report

A recent case where a charity was looking to have a contract to sell a property set aside serves as a useful reminder to trustees of charities of the formalities that charities need to comply with when selling, mortgaging, leasing or otherwise disposing of land. read more

Leasehold buyers may be able to claim compensation following the result of the Competition and Markets Authority’s investigation

Leasehold buyers may be able to claim compensation following the result of the Competition and Markets Authority’s investigation

UK’s competition authority will investigate whether some leasehold buyers have been charged exorbitant fees upon the purchase of their property. read more

A new prescribed form for terminating an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST)

A new prescribed form for terminating an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST)

A New Prescribed form for terminating an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 (HA 1988) is to come into force on the 1st June 2019 to reflect the Tenant Fees Act 2019 (TFA 2019) read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes and Oksana Howard attend Pushkin House event

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes and Oksana Howard attend Pushkin House event

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes and Oksana Howard of Colman Coyle International Department attended a piano concert of an acclaimed Spanish musician Javier Rodriguez, in support of UNICEF for children, which was hosted by Pushkin House read more

Trade Delegation Visit from Valencia

Trade Delegation Visit from Valencia

Oksana Howard and Ignacio Morillas-Paredes of Colman Coyle Corporate Department made a presentation on company, employment and IP law to representatives from seven companies based in Valencia in Spain wishing to expand their business operations into the UK. read more

Are you looking for a litigation solicitor role? We are recruiting!

Are you looking for a litigation solicitor role? We are recruiting!

We are looking for an experienced litigation solicitor to join our well respected and busy legal team here at Colman Coyle. read more

Harry and Ignacio attend the opening of Mesón Callejón on Upper Street

Harry and Ignacio attend the opening of Mesón Callejón on Upper Street

Harry Dronfield and Ignacio Morillas-Paredes attended the opening night of Mesón Callejón read more

Rewarding and incentivising staff – the Richer Sounds way

Rewarding and incentivising staff – the Richer Sounds way

I enjoyed reading about Julian Richer, owner of Richer Sounds, placing 60 per cent of his shares in Richer Sounds in an employee ownership trust. I think it’s a hugely enlightened approach. read more

Home Buying Reservation Agreements to be tested this year

Home Buying Reservation Agreements to be tested this year

The Government has stated that it wishes to trial reservation agreements this year and it is developing a standard reservation agreement to reduce the number of failed property transactions. read more

Expert witnesses: Take care when providing a report to the court or you could end up in prison

Expert witnesses: Take care when providing a report to the court or you could end up in prison

The Court of Appeal has recently considered the question of the appropriate sanction for an expert witness who signs a statement of ... read more

Government plans to scrap Section 21 evictions on residential tenancies

Government plans to scrap Section 21 evictions on residential tenancies

Under the proposals, which are not yet law, assured shorthold tenancies would effectively become open ended. The proposals also seem to reflect the failure of changes to the Section 21 regime in recent years to provide increased security of tenure. For example, the changes to Section 21 to prevent ‘revenge eviction’ have been completely ineffective. read more

Colman Coyle and the IR Disputes Group

Colman Coyle and the IR Disputes Group

Howard Colman is the exclusive dispute resolution and arbitration member for England of IR Global one of the world’s leading ... read more

Dispute Resolution After Brexit

Dispute Resolution After Brexit

The dispute resolution mechanism in the UK will change after Brexit. There are different potential outcomes, which depend on whether ... read more

It’s that time of year…

It’s that time of year…

As you are aware, every year there are new Employment Tribunal compensation rates which apply from the 6th of April each year (The ... read more

National Minimum Wage increases

National Minimum Wage increases

The annual changes to National Minimum Wages are due to come into force today, 1st April 2019. Please see below the following ... read more

Successful conference for Michael Large at RICS Newmarket

Successful conference for Michael Large at RICS Newmarket

A great day at RICS Newmarket CPD conference held at Newmarket race course on Thursday 28 March 2019 in glorious sunshine. A strong ... read more

Mental Capacity and Social Media

Mental Capacity and Social Media

A recent judgement of the Court of Protection has set out the legal test for capacity for the use of the internet and social media. In ... read more

Challenging a will

Challenging a will

A recent survey by a major insurance company has found that up to a quarter of the people surveyed would mount a legal challenge ... read more

Michael Large guest speaker at RICS Newmarket on Commercial Property Rent Reviews

Michael Large guest speaker at RICS Newmarket on Commercial Property Rent Reviews

Michael Large, a Senior Associate at Colman Coyle will be among the guest speakers at RICS CPD Day Newmarket on Thursday 28 March 2019 ... read more

Tenants are entitled to acquire leases of basement, airspace and subsoil as part of a collective enfranchisement claim

Tenants are entitled to acquire leases of basement, airspace and subsoil as part of a collective enfranchisement claim

Tenants are entitled to acquire leases of basement, airspace and subsoil as part of a collective enfranchisement claim read more

Stamp Duty Land Tax Surcharge Consultation Begins

Stamp Duty Land Tax Surcharge Consultation Begins

In the October 2018 Budget, the government announced it would consult on the introduction of an SDLT surcharge on non-UK residents purchasing residential properties in England and Northern Ireland. The consultation is now open. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes interviewed by Público magazine over UK departure from the EU

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes interviewed by Público magazine over UK departure from the EU

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes, a Partner at Colman Coyle has been interviewed by Público magazine and discussed the UK’s departure from the European Union which is currently scheduled for Friday 29th March 2019. read more

Val Del Rosario from the Philippines visits our London office

Val Del Rosario from the Philippines visits our London office

Colman Coyle were pleased to welcome Val Del Rosario from the Philippines to our London office on Wednesday 27th February 2019. read more

Michael Large attends National Audit Office representing Guardians of the Arches

Michael Large attends National Audit Office representing Guardians of the Arches

Colman Coyle has been acting for and working with Guardians of the Arches, a national collective of commercial tenants based in railway property, since November 2018. read more

Early Termination of Commercial Leases; from a Tenant’s point of view

Early Termination of Commercial Leases; from a Tenant’s point of view

A commercial lease is a legal contract and are generally granted for a fixed period of years known as a term. The tenant would usually remain bound to pay rent and comply with all other obligation in the lease until the end of lease term. read more

Community Infrastructure Levy and the importance of serving the Commencement Notice

Community Infrastructure Levy and the importance of serving the Commencement Notice

Regulation 67(1) of the CIL Regulations explains that a Commencement Notice must be submitted to the Collecting Authority no later than the day before the day on which the chargeable development is to be commenced. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes attends Brexit conference in Malaga

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes attends Brexit conference in Malaga

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes, a Partner at Colman Coyle, attended a conference in Malaga on Thursday 7th February to discuss and analyse the uncertain and changing position of Brexit along with experts from different fields in both the UK and Spain. read more

Beware…Long Residential Leases can be classified as ASTs

Beware…Long Residential Leases can be classified as ASTs

Whilst Assured Shorthold Tenancies (ASTs) are usually thought of as short term agreements, the legislation governing ASTs does not specify a maximum term. Therefore, any lease can constitute an AST irrespective of its length, provided it satisfies the relevant statutory criteria. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes interviewed by La Cadena Cope radio in Spain over the meaningful Brexit vote

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes interviewed by La Cadena Cope radio in Spain over the meaningful Brexit vote

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes, a Partner at Colman Coyle has been interviewed by La Cadena Cope radio in Spain over the meaningful Brexit vote which took place in the House of Commons on Tuesday 15 January 2019. read more

Colman Coyle to attend 2019 IR Global ‘Dealmakers’ Conference in Rome

Colman Coyle to attend 2019 IR Global ‘Dealmakers’ Conference in Rome

Colman Coyle is pleased that it will be represented by Howard Colman & Oksana Howard at the 2019 IR Global ‘Dealmakers’ conference in Rome, Italy from 31st January - 2nd February. read more

Is your property deemed fit for human habitation?

Is your property deemed fit for human habitation?

The (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill has received Royal Assent and the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 (HFHHA 2018) is to come into force on the 20th March 2019. read more

Colman Coyle advises trustees on the Vanguard Restoration Foundation Project

Colman Coyle advises trustees on the Vanguard Restoration Foundation Project

Colman Coyle has always been proud of the work it does with charities and other voluntary organisations and has recently advised the trustees of the Vanguard Restoration Foundation in respect of a successful application to the Charity Commission for charitable status. read more

Kazakh Embassy reception attended by Oksana Howard

Kazakh Embassy reception attended by Oksana Howard

Oksana Howard attended the National Day of Kazakhstan reception hosted by the Embassy of Kazakhstan at the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace in London. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes gives an update to Brexit negotiations

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes gives an update to Brexit negotiations

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes, a Partner at Colman Coyle has recently been interviewed by the Spanish newspaper Expansion on Saturday 8th of December, to find out his views on the important Brexit parliament vote, originally scheduled for Tuesday 11th December but has since been postponed. read more

Government backs property logbooks to speed up conveyancing

Government backs property logbooks to speed up conveyancing

Matt Prior of the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government confirmed on 6th November that the Government is likely to ... read more

Oksana Howard instructed on a major housing Joint Venture project in Africa

Oksana Howard instructed on a major housing Joint Venture project in Africa

Oksana Howard of Colman Coyle Solicitors has been instructed to act as a lead counsel advising UK based parties under the English law on a $42 million US dollar Joint Venture Project in relation to construction of 1000 affordable houses in Senegal in West Africa. read more

Are you looking for a legal secretary role? We are recruiting!

Are you looking for a legal secretary role? We are recruiting!

Colman Coyle is an established and highly regarded solicitors practice based close to the City of London in a thriving and cosmopolitan area of Upper Street, Islington. Due to our continued expansion, we are now looking for a junior Legal Secretary to provide support to the Litigation department. read more

Howard Colman and Oksana Howard appear on video at IR Global conference over successful corporate acquisition for UK client

Howard Colman and Oksana Howard appear on video at IR Global conference over successful corporate acquisition for UK client

Howard Colman and Oksana Howard have appeared on video at the IR Global London conference in relation to the successful M&A transaction completed with other IR members this year. read more

Recent Development on Japanese Knotweed

Recent Development on Japanese Knotweed

Japanese Knotweed has been described by The Environment Agency as “indisputably the UK’s most aggressive, destructive and invasive plant” as a result of its very fast growing nature it poses risks to properties within seven metres of the plant. read more

Raluca Sterian attends Chillin’ Competition Conference in Brussels, Belgium

Raluca Sterian attends Chillin’ Competition Conference in Brussels, Belgium

Raluca Sterian from Colman Coyle recently attended a prestigious conference on Competition Law in Brussels on Wednesday 20th November 2018. read more

Exciting development for Colman Coyle’s International Department

Exciting development for Colman Coyle’s International Department

As part of the continuing growth in the International Department at Colman Coyle we are pleased to announce that we have entered into an agreement with Shylov & Partners, a well established and highly respected law firm based in Kyiv Ukraine. read more

Proposed Probate Fee Increase

Proposed Probate Fee Increase

Following in the wake of the recent budget, the Government has put forward proposals to significantly increase the cost of obtaining a Grant of Probate. These proposals are similar to ones first put forward in 2017 and early indications are that they are likely to be just as controversial. read more

Landlords take note – the right to forfeit is lost when CRAR is used

Landlords take note – the right to forfeit is lost when CRAR is used

Whilst the ancient landlord remedy of levying distress on a tenants goods in order to release funds to discharge rent arrears was accepted by the Courts as a landlord act which unequivocally affirmed the continuation of the tenants lease, the remedy of distress was abolished in 2014 and replaced by a new but similar regime called CRAR. read more

Philip Otvos attends talk hosted by CRELA

Philip Otvos attends talk hosted by CRELA

Property Partner, Philip Otvos, attended an informative talk last night hosted in the City by CRELA (The Commercial Real Estate Legal Association). read more

Howard Colman and Oksana Howard attend IR Global Annual Conference in London

Howard Colman and Oksana Howard attend IR Global Annual Conference in London

Howard Colman and Oksana Howard of Colman Coyle attended IR Global Annual Conference in London.  Through its IR Global membership Colman Coyle is able to service various legal and commercial needs of its clients across 140 jurisdictions worldwide.  read more

Lenders take on the new EPC requirements

Lenders take on the new EPC requirements

As from the 1st April 2018 there is a requirement for any properties rented out in the private rented sector to normally have a minimum energy performance rating of E on an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC). read more

Employers giving away free money… surely not?

Employers giving away free money… surely not?

Over the last couple of months I have been astounded that employers who are served with employment claims are not filing their defences on time or let the deadline pass. I then get the call to ask whether they can file a defence after the deadline. read more

Raluca Sterian joins our Litigation Department

Raluca Sterian joins our Litigation Department

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce the arrival of Raluca Sterian to our Litigation department. Raluca is a Romanian national and will join us as a Legal Assistant to provide vital support to the growing team. read more

Failure to serve costs budget on time means party unable to recover budgeted costs in excess of £800,000

Failure to serve costs budget on time means party unable to recover budgeted costs in excess of £800,000

As practitioners will know, one of the most significant changes to civil procedure brought about by the reforms recommended by Lord Justice Jackson (as he then was) include a requirement for costs budgeting to take place in most cases. read more

Colman Coyle takes part in charity 5-a-side football tournament

Colman Coyle takes part in charity 5-a-side football tournament

On Friday, 19th October, Colman Coyle took part in a charity 5-a-side football tournament in Shoreditch hosted by its client, Kingpin Communications, to raise funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital and a primary school in South Africa. read more

IR Global annual conference – London 2018

IR Global annual conference – London 2018

Howard Colman and Oksana Howard recently attended the annual conference of IR Global (the leading international network for legal, financial and corporate services professionals) which, this year, was held in London. read more

The Only Way is Up

The Only Way is Up

According to research carried out by Knight Frank last year, 41,000 new dwellings could be built in Central London using rooftop development space, without altering the skyline. read more

Colman Coyle offers employment protection insurance

Colman Coyle offers employment protection insurance

As an Employer, it can be frustrating to be served with an unmeritorious claim. Especially if the business has done everything to support and nurture that Employee. Defending claims are costly. read more

Colman Coyle at the RICS

Colman Coyle at the RICS

On Thursday 11 October 2018 he will be giving a CPD talk in Chelmsford at Chelmsford Civic Centre, Duke Street, Chelmsford CM1 1JE for the RICS, on the subject of MEES and Rent Reviews from 6pm to 7pm. read more

Spotlight on the international work of Colman Coyle

Spotlight on the international work of Colman Coyle

Colman Coyle has developed a strong reputation for its international legal work which continues to grow. As part of its international team, the firm has specialist Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian, CIS and Turkish desks and also has strong connections with many other countries worldwide. read more

Colman Coyle to attend the annual IR Global conference in London, England

Colman Coyle to attend the annual IR Global conference in London, England

Colman Coyle is pleased to be attending the annual IR Global conference which this year is being held in London, England from 13th - 16th October 2018. read more

Proposed reforms to enfranchisement: better deals for leaseholders?

Proposed reforms to enfranchisement: better deals for leaseholders?

As a lead member of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) Colman Coyle has been invited to attend a discussion on the reforms recently proposed by the Law Commission which aims to provide better deals for leaseholders who want to purchase their freehold or to extend the lease of their home. read more

Underneath the Arches

Underneath the Arches

Network Rail Infrastructure Limited is one of the largest landlords in the county. It recently announced that it has finalised terms for the sale of most of its commercial estate, around 5,200 commercial properties, to Telereal Trillium and Blackstone Property Partners for £1.46 billion. read more

Gift Applications to The Court of Protection

Gift Applications to The Court of Protection

A recent Court of Protection case has highlighted some important points to note when it comes to deciding whether gifts, even of a significant value, are in an individual’s best interests. read more

Interesting cases on residential evictions

Interesting cases on residential evictions

There have been several interesting cases on residential evictions in the last year, here is a brief round up of four of them. read more

Refusal of consent by landlords

Refusal of consent by landlords

Landlords consent is often required where a tenant is assigning a lease (selling a property). In West India Quay, the tenant was selling residential apartments. Landlord’s consent was required, and as is normal the consent was not to be unreasonably withheld. read more

Injunctions and trespass: Urban explorers and stunt bikers

Injunctions and trespass: Urban explorers and stunt bikers

Sometimes, a possession order is not much use for getting rid of trespassers. Injunctions are more use than possession orders in a number of situations. read more

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) Exemptions and Relief on Multiple Dwellings

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) Exemptions and Relief on Multiple Dwellings

Some types of transactions may be exempt from SDLT or reliefs can be applicable to reduce the amount payable. One of the exemptions available is multiple dwellings relief and can apply if two or more properties are being acquired. read more

Liability for Japanese knotweed

Liability for Japanese knotweed

Judgment was handed down by the Court of Appeal in this case on 3 July 2018. Japanese knotweed is a pernicious weed and natural hazard. The hair-like rhizomes of the plant are extremely invasive and can cause damage to concrete. read more

Subletting of flats held on long leases

Subletting of flats held on long leases

Colman Coyle act for the landlord of a block of flats in this case which is currently before the Court of Appeal. The lease of one of the flats contained a covenant “not to use the property otherwise than as a single private dwelling house in the occupation of the Lessee and his family”. read more

Tenants’ Rights of First Refusal

Tenants’ Rights of First Refusal

Where a landlord sells or disposes of a freehold interest, leasehold tenants may qualify for the right of ‘first refusal’ to buy the freehold. This arises under Section 6 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987. Where the tenants qualify, the landlord must serve a notice under Section 5 of the Act. read more

What a relief! Relief from forfeiture of a licence

What a relief! Relief from forfeiture of a licence

Michael Large looks at a Court of Appeal decision of 25th May 2018 likely to be relevant to anyone who holds or grants a licence over land: Vauxhall Motors Limited (formerly General Motors Limited) (“Vauxhall”) v Manchester Ship Canal (“MSC”) [2018] EWCA Civ 1100. read more

Colman Coyle successfully advises New Zealand law firm on cross border acquisition

Colman Coyle successfully advises New Zealand law firm on cross border acquisition

Colman Coyle’s corporate team have recently acted in the successful acquisition of an English food and drinks manufacturer by a New Zealand company.  read more

Colman Coyle & the Islington Society – supporting the local community

Colman Coyle & the Islington Society – supporting the local community

Whilst Colman Coyle is well known for its international outlook and expertise, the firm is also proud of its local connections and for being part of the local community in Islington. read more

LexisNexis – training other law firms in the law

LexisNexis – training other law firms in the law

LexisNexis is one of the leading suppliers of training to lawyers and we are pleased to announce that Michael Large recently presented a webinar for LexisNexis on residential property litigation. read more

Success for the Crown Estate Commissioners

Success for the Crown Estate Commissioners

The judgment recently handed down by the Court of Appeal in Whitehall Court London Limited v The Crown Estate Commissioners will be of interest to anyone in the field of leasehold enfranchisement. read more

Colman Coyle working with IR Global colleagues ensure successful corporate acquisition for UK client

Colman Coyle working with IR Global colleagues ensure successful corporate acquisition for UK client

A UK based corporate client of Colman Coyle - an elite international digital advertising agency - has recently completed the acquisition of a US based company operating in the same field. read more

Break clauses in commercial leases – a further warning

Break clauses in commercial leases – a further warning

The case of Goldman Sachs International v Procession House Trustee 1 Limited and Procession House Trustee 2 Limited [2018] EWHC 1523 (Ch) is a further reminder of the care needed with break clauses in commercial leases. read more

Varying a contract, even by agreement, may not be as straightforward as you think!

Varying a contract, even by agreement, may not be as straightforward as you think!

In many written contracts, especially those drafted by lawyers, it is common to have a contractual provision precluding any amendment of the agreement other than in writing.  This is commonly referred to as a “No Oral Modification” or “NOM” clause. read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes attends two conferences in Cetursa, Sierra Nevada and Chamber of Commerce in Granada

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes attends two conferences in Cetursa, Sierra Nevada and Chamber of Commerce in Granada

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes, from Colman Coyle, recently attended two international conferences in Spain. These conferences took place on July 3rd and 5th where business opportunities of the United Kingdom were discussed by key individuals. read more

Lasting powers of attorney – points to bear in mind

Lasting powers of attorney – points to bear in mind

We have written previously of the advantages in having a lasting power of attorney in place and not to rely on having the Court ... read more

Colman Coyle is now a member of the Turkish-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Colman Coyle is now a member of the Turkish-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce that we have recently became a member of the Turkish-British Chamber of Commerce and ... read more

Colman Coyle attends Damon Hill Karting challenge to help raise funds for the Halow charity

Colman Coyle attends Damon Hill Karting challenge to help raise funds for the Halow charity

Philip Otvos, Michael Large and Patrick Green participated in the annual Damon Hill Karting challenge on Wednesday 20th June 2018 at ... read more

Louis Copland becomes our Business Development Coordinator

Louis Copland becomes our Business Development Coordinator

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce that Louis Copland has recently been promoted to Business Development Coordinator. Louis ... read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes appears on national TV over Spanish Government

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes appears on national TV over Spanish Government

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes from Colman Coyle is recognised in Spain and England for his work as a lawyer, particularly for clients carrying out business in the UK. read more

Colman Coyle attends Business Forum 2018

Colman Coyle attends Business Forum 2018

Oksana Howard & Harry Dronfield from Colman Coyle were pleased to recently attend the Business Forum 2018. This is an ... read more

Colman Coyle attends excellent charity event in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital

Colman Coyle attends excellent charity event in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital

Colman Coyle were delighted to support and attend an excellent charity event on Thursday 7th June 2018 hosted by our clients, ... read more

Michael Large joins our Dispute Resolution department

Michael Large joins our Dispute Resolution department

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce the arrival of Michael Large to our Dispute Resolution department. Michael has a wide range of ... read more

How long is long enough?

How long is long enough?

It is trite law that if a landlord of residential property wants to recover the cost of employing a managing agent, for example, ... read more

Oksana Howard attends Inward Visit of Singapore Accountants event

Oksana Howard attends Inward Visit of Singapore Accountants event

Oksana Howard attended an Inward Visit of Singapore Accountants event last week organised by the Department for International ... read more

Colman Coyle at Hotel Café Royal

Colman Coyle at Hotel Café Royal

Colman Coyle would like to thank all our guests who attended our drinks and canapés reception at the Hotel Café Royal on Wednesday ... read more

Colman Coyle is now a member of ALEP

Colman Coyle is now a member of ALEP

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce that it has recently been accepted as a member of ALEP. Formed in 2007 and now with 225 ... read more

Colman Coyle has significant experience in the hotel industry

Colman Coyle has significant experience in the hotel industry

Colman Coyle has significant experience in acting for hotels and advising in relation to their various legal needs, including: ... read more

Oksana Howard and Dilek Kamalak to attend British-Kazakh Society reception at St James’s Palace

Oksana Howard and Dilek Kamalak to attend British-Kazakh Society reception at St James’s Palace

Oksana Howard and Dilek Kamalak will be attending a high profile British-Kazakh Society reception held tomorrow at St James’s ... read more

Nazli Kartal joins our Real Estate department

Nazli Kartal joins our Real Estate department

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce the arrival of Nazli Kartal to our Real Estate department. Nazli specialises in all ... read more

Patrick Green joins our Private Client department

Patrick Green joins our Private Client department

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce the arrival of Patrick Green to our Private Client department. Patrick has considerable ... read more

Government response to improving the home buying and selling process following call for evidence

Government response to improving the home buying and selling process following call for evidence

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has now published a summary of responses to the call for evidence and set ... read more

Colman Coyle to attend 2018 ‘On The Road’ IR Global Conference in Toronto

Colman Coyle to attend 2018 ‘On The Road’ IR Global Conference in Toronto

Colman Coyle is pleased to be taking part in the IR Global conference which this year is being held in Toronto, Canada from 16th - ... read more

Key considerations to incorporating terms of use in a website

Key considerations to incorporating terms of use in a website

Understandably businesses are currently focused on GDPR compliance.  But, in my experience, some businesses with an online presence ... read more

Notice pay and tax in settlement agreements

Notice pay and tax in settlement agreements

Attention to all Employers, please do not forget that taxation rules will be changing from 6th April 2018 in respect of payment in ... read more

Important points to consider before purchasing a residential property in the UK

Important points to consider before purchasing a residential property in the UK

Usually, a property will be purchased with the aid of a mortgage and it is therefore important to obtain a prequalified and ... read more

Will smart contracts ever replace legal contracts?

Will smart contracts ever replace legal contracts?

Blockchain, also known as distributed ledger technology (DLT), is everywhere right now. The technology and its various applications ... read more

Private block residents told to pay £500,000 to replace Grenfell style cladding

Private block residents told to pay £500,000 to replace Grenfell style cladding

Following the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower last year, at least 130 private apartment complexes have failed cladding tests. The ... read more

GDPR – you may need advice, but possibly not from us!

GDPR – you may need advice, but possibly not from us!

In a departure from the usual script, this blog is about a service that we don’t offer: general legal advice regarding the incoming ... read more

Oksana Howard attends the National Day of the State of Kuwait

Oksana Howard attends the National Day of the State of Kuwait

Oksana Howard - Senior Corporate Associate of Colman Coyle attended the National Day of the State of Kuwait together with the ... read more

Employment Tribunal awards are increased

Employment Tribunal awards are increased

It is that usual time of year where the Tribunal awards are increased. This will come into effect from 6th April 2018. As you are ... read more

Model cooperation leads to success

Model cooperation leads to success

Cooperation between IR Global Members Howard Colman and Colman Coyle and Dr Jana Schott and Urs Breitsprecher of MKRG in Dusseldorf ... read more

Can you make a Will by text message?

In a recent Australian case, the Queensland Supreme Court ruled that an unsent draft text message constituted a valid Will. ... read more

Boundary Disputes: A new resolution process on the horizon

Boundary Disputes: A new resolution process on the horizon

The Property Boundaries (Resolution of Disputes) Bill is currently making its way through the legislature.  In an effort to reduce ... read more

Top 5 points to consider when negotiating a Lease (acting for a Tenant)

Top 5 points to consider when negotiating a Lease (acting for a Tenant)

The commercial terms for a new lease are a matter of negotiation between the Landlord and the Tenant. Whilst commercial factors will ... read more

Land Registry announces further progress towards digitisation

Land Registry announces further progress towards digitisation

In 2017 the Land Registry launched a consultation on digital conveyancing and last week it was announced that from 6th April 2018, ... read more

Speedy action helps mitigate loss caused by internet fraud

Speedy action helps mitigate loss caused by internet fraud

Howard Colman John Wolfs Fellow IR Global Member, John Wolfs of Wolfs Advocaten, a highly regarded law firm based in the ... read more

Colman Coyle to attend 2018 IR Global ‘Dealmakers’ Conference in Lisbon

Colman Coyle to attend 2018 IR Global ‘Dealmakers’ Conference in Lisbon

Colman Coyle is pleased that it will be represented by Howard Colman & Oksana Howard at the 2018 IR Global ‘Dealmakers’ conference ... read more

Beneficial Ownership Register for Property Owning Offshore Companies

Beneficial Ownership Register for Property Owning Offshore Companies

The Government has just announced that it intends to publish draft legislation which when passed, will require all overseas ... read more

Hakki Celebi joins our Property Department

Hakki Celebi joins our Property Department

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce the arrival of Hakki Celebi to our Property department. Hakki is a Turkish national and will ... read more

Ignacio Morillas gives an update to Brexit negotiations

Ignacio Morillas gives an update to Brexit negotiations

On Thursday 23rd June 2016, the people of Britain cast their vote on arguably the most important decision for a generation. read more

Hospital keeps alive patient against her will

In a recent ruling, the family of an 81-year-old woman has received a £45,000 pay-out after she was kept alive against her ... read more

Oksana Howard attending private Kazakh investors’ event in Almaty, Kazakhstan 

Oksana Howard attending private Kazakh investors’ event in Almaty, Kazakhstan 

Oksana Howard will be attending tomorrow an exclusive private Kazakh investors’ event held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Following the ... read more

A New Electronic Communications Code

A New Electronic Communications Code

The Digital Economy Act 2017 received royal assent in April 2017 which includes a new Electronic Communications Code “New Code”. ... read more

Autumn Budget 2017: Chancellor Philip Hammond abolishes Stamp Duty for First Time Buyers

Autumn Budget 2017: Chancellor Philip Hammond abolishes Stamp Duty for First Time Buyers

Stamp duty will be abolished from 22 November 2017 for first time buyers buying a home valued up to £300,000 and on the first ... read more

Oksana Howard from Colman Coyle is attending private investors conference in Moscow

Oksana Howard from Colman Coyle is attending private investors conference in Moscow

Oksana Howard - Senior Corporate Associate and the Head of Russia, Ukraine & CIS desk at Colman Coyle Solicitors is attending ... read more

Sexual harassment is not acceptable (Part 2)

Sexual harassment is not acceptable (Part 2)

A few weeks ago, I posted an article regarding sexual harassment in the workplace.  You can view the previous article here. Since ... read more

Service Charges – Tenants Beware!

Service Charges – Tenants Beware!

Colman Coyle were recently instructed to defend an application brought by two tenants for a determination of their liability to ... read more

Top Five Tips for Sellers

Top Five Tips for Sellers

The Community Secretary, Sajid Javid, wants to make the conveyancing process “cheaper, faster and less stressful”. He has ... read more

The PSC regime part 1 – five steps to ensure compliance

The PSC regime part 1 – five steps to ensure compliance

We frequently receive enquiries from new and existing clients about their obligations around the PSC, or Persons having ... read more

Sexual harassment is not acceptable

Sexual harassment is not acceptable

Sexual harassment in any form is not acceptable in the 21st century and definitely not in 2017 full stop. Companies must be alert ... read more

Insurance – Landlords Take Note!

Insurance – Landlords Take Note!

In the recent decision of COS Services Limited -v- Nicholson [2017] UK UT 0382 the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) dismissed a ... read more

Colman Coyle is now a member of the Charity Law Association

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce we are now members of the Charity Law Association. Founded in 1992, Charity Law Association ... read more

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes from Colman Coyle attends Arbitration ICC Conference in Havana, Cuba

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes from Colman Coyle attends Arbitration ICC Conference in Havana, Cuba

Ignacio Morillas from Colman Coyle was delighted to attend the International Arbitration conference in Havana, Cuba on Thursday ... read more

96% of clients would be happy to use Colman Coyle again

96% of clients would be happy to use Colman Coyle again

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce extremely positive annual client satisfaction survey results which show 96.9% of clients ... read more

Creditors Beware! Debt Collection may become more difficult after 1st October 2017

Creditors Beware! Debt Collection may become more difficult after 1st October 2017

On 1st October 2017 a new Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims comes into force and appears to have potentially serious ... read more

New Injury to Feeling “Bands”

New Injury to Feeling “Bands”

As you are aware, if an employee is successful in a discrimination claim, not only will they receive damages for loss of earnings, ... read more

Court defeat for couple hoping to keep a dog in their flat

Court defeat for couple hoping to keep a dog in their flat

A couple have lost their legal battle to keep their dog in their flat on a gated estate that has a no pets policy. The property is ... read more

Livery stable business qualifies for Business Property Relief for Inheritance Tax purposes

In the recent case between the Personal Representative of the Estate of M W Vigne Deceased v HMRC 2017, the First-tier Tribunal ... read more

Enforcement – “Sufficient Notice”?

Enforcement – “Sufficient Notice”?

For residential property the safest way to proceed in dealing with possession is to seek an Order for possession from the Court. If ... read more

Selling goods online? Here are five keys points to include in online terms and conditions

Selling goods online? Here are five keys points to include in online terms and conditions

Consumers are increasingly using the internet to purchase goods and obtain services as well as purchasing digital content, for ... read more

Why use English law in Russian M&A transactions?

Why use English law in Russian M&A transactions?

English law is often used in international mergers & acquisitions (M&A) transactions in a wide variety of jurisdictions, ... read more

International Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Conference

International Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Conference

Ignacio Morillas-Paredes of Colman Coyle Solicitors is attending the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Arbitration ... read more

Russian businessman living in Russia held to be subject to the jurisdiction of the English courts

Russian businessman living in Russia held to be subject to the jurisdiction of the English courts

At the end of July 2017 the Commercial Court in London handed down Judgment in a dispute as to whether or not it had jurisdiction ... read more

Colman Coyle to attend the annual IR Global conference in Berlin

Colman Coyle to attend the annual IR Global conference in Berlin

Colman Coyle is pleased to be attending the annual IR Global conference in Berlin, Germany from 10th - 12th September ... read more

Employment Tribunal Fee Update

Employment Tribunal Fee Update

Unfortunately, we are no closer to finding out how a Claimant is able to be refunded their Tribunal fees. I understand that some ... read more

Comment on Equality

Comment on Equality

What does equality mean to you? The fallout from the BBC publishing the salaries of their earners continues. There is anger, ... read more

What happens if an individual loses mental capacity and does not have a Lasting Power of Attorney in place?

If someone loses mental capacity and does not have a Lasting Power of Attorney, an application will need to be made to the Court ... read more

Leasehold Reform – Update

Leasehold Reform – Update

Following on from my last blog on potential leasehold reform, the Government is moving faster than anticipated to reform the ... read more

Breaking News – Employment Fees Unlawful

Breaking News – Employment Fees Unlawful

So Unison have finally been successful in the Supreme Court, Employment Tribunal fees are unlawful. The Court stated that the ... read more

Pitfalls in Cross-Border Commercial Agreements – Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Dispute Resolution

Pitfalls in Cross-Border Commercial Agreements – Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Dispute Resolution

When entering into a commercial contract which involves a party in another country, it is easy to overlook the importance of the ... read more

21st Century Leasehold Process – Any Reform Likely?

21st Century Leasehold Process – Any Reform Likely?

A group of conveyancing bodies has submitted a list of initiatives to the Housing Minister for what they describe as a “21st ... read more

Ignacio Morillas is re-elected to the Executive Committee

Ignacio Morillas is re-elected to the Executive Committee

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce that following the 130th Annual General Meeting and Elections, Ignacio ... read more

Colman Coyle Awarded IR Global Gold Member Status

Colman Coyle Awarded IR Global Gold Member Status

We are delighted to have been awarded the honour of Gold Member status by IR Global. This is a prestigious new honour bestowed ... read more

Ignacio Morillas from Colman Coyle Predicts Coalition Government

Ignacio Morillas from Colman Coyle Predicts Coalition Government

Following the snap UK general election on 8th June 2017 which has just taken place, Ignacio Morillas from Colman Coyle Solicitors ... read more

Welcome to our new Turkish Desk!

Welcome to our new Turkish Desk!

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce that our International Department is expanding with the launch of our new Turkish ... read more

Successful Company Acquisition through teamwork of IR Global Members

Successful Company Acquisition through teamwork of IR Global Members

Colman Coyle are delighted to have recently completed the acquisition on behalf of a client, of the entire shareholding in a UK ... read more

Is a “Parking Permit Free” Obligation a valid Section 106 Planning Obligation

Is a “Parking Permit Free” Obligation a valid Section 106 Planning Obligation

For people who live in a controlled parking zone, they need a parking permit to be issued to them by the local authority so that ... read more

Contentious Probate Update – Spring/Summer 2017

Contentious Probate Update – Spring/Summer 2017

This was a case decided by Mrs Justice Rose relating to a will trust made by Mr Henry Hand in 1946. Background Henry Hand’s ... read more

Dilek Kamalak joins our Property Department

Dilek Kamalak joins our Property Department

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce the arrival of Dilek Kamalak to our Property Department. Dilek is fluent in Turkish and will ... read more

Five keys aspects of Shareholders’ Agreements

Five keys aspects of Shareholders’ Agreements

There are certain considerations all shareholders should think about when entering into Shareholders’ Agreements. Below I set out ... read more

Successful trip for Colman Coyle Solicitors in Singapore

Successful trip for Colman Coyle Solicitors in Singapore

I am now back in London from a very interesting and productive trip to Singapore. I am grateful to the British High Commission ... read more

Do Not Fall Foul of a Disability Discrimination During Recruitment

Do Not Fall Foul of a Disability Discrimination During Recruitment

As an employer, do not forget that the organisation could be subject to a discrimination claim even during the recruitment ... read more

When is notice in an Employment Contract deemed to be given?

When is notice in an Employment Contract deemed to be given?

As an employer do you know if you give notice of termination when is that deemed to have effect? In a recent case namely, ... read more

Nationwide Building Society Announces New Ground Rent and Lease Length Policy

Nationwide Building Society Announces New Ground Rent and Lease Length Policy

The Nationwide Building Society has recently announced that from 11th May 2017 it will no longer lend on new build properties ... read more

Philip Otvos and Harry Dronfield join Colman Coyle

Philip Otvos and Harry Dronfield join Colman Coyle

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce the arrival of Philip Otvos and Harry Dronfield. Philip Otvos is an experienced Commercial ... read more

Are you liable for incorrect information under a Regulation 11 letter pursuant to TUPE?

Are you liable for incorrect information under a Regulation 11 letter pursuant to TUPE?

If you are a transferor namely a business entity that is selling your business or transferring a contract to another service ... read more

How will Brexit impact our economy? Ignacio Morillas discussing his views on video

How will Brexit impact our economy? Ignacio Morillas discussing his views on video

On Thursday 23rd June 2016, the people of Britain cast their vote on arguably the most important decision for a generation. read more

Efficiency of Arbitration in Dispute Resolution

Efficiency of Arbitration in Dispute Resolution

Howard Colman our head of Dispute Resolution and the International Desk has recently been invited to participate in a ... read more

Probate fees: Planned increase scrapped ahead of election

Controversial plans to raise probate fees are to be scrapped ahead of the snap general election announced this week by the Prime ... read more

Property fraud in the news again

Property fraud in the news again

City Firm Mishcon de Reya has been found liable for a breach of trust and has been ordered to pay more than £1,000,000 in ... read more

Insolvent Companies – Re-Use of the Company Name

Insolvent Companies – Re-Use of the Company Name

It is an unfortunate fact of life that a large number of companies end up in insolvent liquidation.  Often that is just a ... read more

A Practical Guide: An overview of Employment Law in England & Wales

A Practical Guide: An overview of Employment Law in England & Wales

Colman Coyle Solicitors has recently produced a new practical guide to help international clients understand the various aspects ... read more

Compulsory Purchase Orders, EC1

Compulsory Purchase Orders, EC1

Colman Coyle has recently accepted instructions to act for various long leaseholders (both residential and commercial) concerning ... read more

Colman Coyle to visit Singapore in May 2017

Colman Coyle to visit Singapore in May 2017

Colman Coyle is pleased to be taking part in the 2017 IR Global conference in Singapore, Malaysia from 10th -12th May 2017. Howard ... read more

Why did Brexit really happen? Ignacio Morillas-Paredes discussing his views on video

Why did Brexit really happen? Ignacio Morillas-Paredes discussing his views on video

On Thursday 23rd June 2016, the people of Britain cast their vote on arguably the most important decision for a generation. read more

Pre-Action Protocol on Debt Claims

Pre-Action Protocol on Debt Claims

The Ministry of Justice has now released the final version of the new Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims that will come into ... read more

Department of International Trade Tour 2017 – Oviedo

Department of International Trade Tour 2017 – Oviedo

The British Embassy in Spain through the Department of International Trade did a tour of various cities in the north of Spain from ... read more

Annual Increases

Annual Increases

As of 6th April 2017, we have our usual annual compensation increase. As you are well aware, the current maximum’s week’s pay is ... read more

Mees Update – Non Domestic Premises

Mees Update – Non Domestic Premises

We summarised the key points of the up and coming Energy Efficiency (Private Rent Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 ... read more

Aggregation of claims under Solicitors Professional Indemnity Insurance

Aggregation of claims under Solicitors Professional Indemnity Insurance

The Supreme Court has today (22nd March 2017) handed down its much awaited Judgment in AIG Europe Limited V Woodman and Others ... read more

Oksana Howard joins our Company Commercial department

Oksana Howard joins our Company Commercial department

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce the arrival of Oksana Howard to the Company Commercial department and Head of Russia, ... read more

Colman Coyle unveils redesigned website

Colman Coyle unveils redesigned website

Colman Coyle is delighted to announce the launch of a brand new redesigned website! The site has a refreshed and simplified ... read more

Charity Begins at Home: A Cautionary Tale for Disinherited Children

Charity Begins at Home: A Cautionary Tale for Disinherited Children

Having recently grappled with the complex constitutional issues raised by the Government’s Brexit appeal, the Supreme Court Justices were faced with another important decision in the case of Ilott v The Blue Cross & Others [2017] UKSC 17. read more

9,000% increase in Probate Fees – More Inheritance Disputes?

9,000% increase in Probate Fees – More Inheritance Disputes?

From May of this year, the fee for rubber-stamping an inheritance is set to increase by over 9,000% in England and Wales for some estates. read more

Right-to-Manage Legislation : Defective Claim – Beware!

Right-to-Manage Legislation : Defective Claim – Beware!

In Elim Court RTM Company Limited v Avon Freeholds Limited [2017] EWCA Civ 89 the Court of Appeal considered the consequences of a failure to comply strictly with the statutory notice procedure and whether this would be fatal to obtaining the right to manage. read more

Ignacio Morillas guest speaker at Hospitality Innovation Planet Conference in Madrid

Ignacio Morillas guest speaker at Hospitality Innovation Planet Conference in Madrid

Ignacio Morillas from Colman Coyle was invited to attend the Hospitality Innovation Planet Conference in Madrid from February 19th-21st 2017. read more

Anglo-German cooperation between IR Global members results in successful outcome for the client

Anglo-German cooperation between IR Global members results in successful outcome for the client

Howard Colman of Colman Coyle Solicitors in London has been working closely with Urs Breitsprecher of MKRG Attorneys in Dusseldorf to assist a German client of MKRG in a contractual dispute. read more

Major increase in Probate Fees has arrived!

Stemming from my previous blog about the possibility of probate fees increasing, the Ministry of Justice has this week announced that the increase will come into force from May 2017. read more

A taste of Brexit – Ignacio Morillas-Paredes appears on video

A taste of Brexit – Ignacio Morillas-Paredes appears on video

On Thursday 23rd June 2016, the people of Britain cast their vote on arguably the most important decision for a generation. read more

Apprenticeship Levy

Apprenticeship Levy

If you as an employer have a pay bill of £3 million each year, you are subject to an apprenticeship levy. read more

Do I need a Lasting Power of Attorney?

We often think a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is for the older individual who may be suffering from early signs of dementia or Alzheimer’s. Whist this is correct, LPA’s actually apply to any individual over the age of 18. You may ask but why? read more

E- Conveyancing – the future?

E- Conveyancing – the future?

The Land Registry has opened a consultation in relation to amending the Land Registration Rules to allow deeds to be signed electronically rather than on paper. read more

Housing White Paper: Fixing Our Broken Housing Market

Housing White Paper: Fixing Our Broken Housing Market

This month saw the release of the Government’s white paper, ‘Fixing our broken housing market’. The 104-page white paper outlines the problems with the UK housing market and sets out the Government’s proposal to boost supply in the short and long term. read more

National Minimum Wage Increase

National Minimum Wage Increase

As you are aware, each year the National Minimum wage increases. read more

Good news for renters

Good news for renters

A new Government white paper will focus attention on more affordable and secure property rentals. read more

Colman Coyle to attend 2017 IR Global ‘Dealmakers’ Conference in Barcelona

Colman Coyle to attend 2017 IR Global ‘Dealmakers’ Conference in Barcelona

Colman Coyle is pleased to be attending the 2017 IR Global ‘Dealmakers’ conference in Barcelona, Spain from 2nd-4th February 2017. read more

Third Party Funding in Arbitration  Hong Kong to modernise it’s rules

Third Party Funding in Arbitration Hong Kong to modernise it’s rules

As we have reported previously, the use of third party funding in litigation and arbitration is significantly on the increase in England and various other jurisdictions. read more

Probate fees set to soar

The Government has announced plans to replace the flat fee cost for a grant of representation to a tier system that could see millions of bereaved families pay up to £20,000. read more

Vicarious Liability: assault at a Christmas party

Vicarious Liability: assault at a Christmas party

In the recent decision of Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Ltd (2016), the High Court held that a company was not vicariously liable for the assault by one it its directors on an employee following a company Christmas party. read more

Failure to comply with the Estate Agents Act 1979 proves very costly for estate agents

Failure to comply with the Estate Agents Act 1979 proves very costly for estate agents

Most agents will be aware that the Estate Agents Act 1979 imposes an obligation upon an agent to ensure that, before any person enters into a contract under which the agent will engage in estate agency services, the agent provides specified information. read more

Costs blow for Third Party Funders

Costs blow for Third Party Funders

The Court of Appeal has recently delivered a Judgment which has serious potential consequences for third party funders. read more

Are Uber drivers self employed contractors or workers?

Are Uber drivers self employed contractors or workers?

In the Case of Aslam and Others v Uber BV and Others, the Tribunal handed out its decisions that the drivers engaged by Uber were workers and fell within the legal definition of section 230(3)(b) of the Employment Rights Act 1996. read more

Possible changes to the HMO Legislation

Possible changes to the HMO Legislation

The Department for Communities and Local Government launched a consultation on Houses in Multiple Occupation (“HMO”) called Houses in multiple occupation and residential property licensing reforms. read more

Holiday pay update

Holiday pay update

You may recall a few years ago my colleague did a blog on whether the holiday pay calculation should include commission. read more

Singapore Third Party Funding in Arbitration and changes to Arbitration Rules

Singapore Third Party Funding in Arbitration and changes to Arbitration Rules

The use of third party funding by parties involved in disputes continues to be a hot topic worldwide. read more

Update: National Minimum Wage

Update: National Minimum Wage

The annual changes to the minimum wages are due to come into force tomorrow, 1st October 2016. read more

Are You MEES Ready?

Are You MEES Ready?

We are now 18 months away from the next phase of the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 which will see the implementation of the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (“MEES”). read more

Higher Stamp Duty rates continue to cause confusion

Higher Stamp Duty rates continue to cause confusion

Following the Autumn Statement on 25th November 2015, the then Chancellor announced that higher rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) would apply from 1st April to purchases of additional residential properties. Since then we have found that clients can be confused as to whether higher rates are applicable in the less straightforward cases. read more

Third Party Funding in Arbitration Proceedings in England

Third Party Funding in Arbitration Proceedings in England

Obtaining information about trends in Arbitration is not an easy task as, by their nature, Arbitration proceedings are subject to confidentiality and most are conducted “behind closed doors”. read more

Employees with child care commitments

Employees with child care commitments

A recent case has highlighted the issues employers face when accommodating employees with child care commitments. read more

Supreme Court to Rule on Important Points of Insurance Law of Particular Importance to Solicitors and Clients Claiming Against Them

Supreme Court to Rule on Important Points of Insurance Law of Particular Importance to Solicitors and Clients Claiming Against Them

The solicitors profession, and it’s insurers, are anxiously awaiting the Judgments of the Supreme Court in two separate cases relating to solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance. read more

Intestacy Rules – Why it is still important to make a will

Intestacy rules determine where assets go upon death, when no will exists. read more

£30,000 Termination Payment Still Intact

£30,000 Termination Payment Still Intact

I am sure both employers and employees alike have been waiting with baited breath as to whether or not the first £30,000 which can be tax free as a termination payment was going to be reduced. read more

Do reasonable adjustments extend to continuation of higher salary?

Do reasonable adjustments extend to continuation of higher salary?

The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) recently discussed in the case of G4S Cash Solutions (UK) Ltd v Powell, if a disabled employee should be continued to pay a higher salary when moved to a lesser role for the purposes of making reasonable adjustments. read more

Does a Use Clause Prevent Underletting and does such a Use Clause fall foul of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber))

Does a Use Clause Prevent Underletting and does such a Use Clause fall foul of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber))

Neil Curbison of Colman Coyle had conduct of the successful appellant’s appeal in Roundlistic Limited v Jones & Another [2016] UKUT 325 (TCC) which was recently handed down by the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber). read more

Litigants in Person – Special Treatment by the Courts?

Litigants in Person – Special Treatment by the Courts?

There are an increasing number of parties in civil proceedings that are deciding to represent themselves, as litigants in person. read more

THE INSURANCE ACT 2015 – an overview of the most significant changes to UK Insurance Contracts for over 100 years

THE INSURANCE ACT 2015 – an overview of the most significant changes to UK Insurance Contracts for over 100 years

The Insurance Act 2015 (“the Act”) comes into force on 12th August 2016. The delay of 18 months from when the Act was passed by Parliament was deliberate in order to give everyone the opportunity to prepare for, and become familiar with, what are very substantial changes. read more

Property Cybercrime is on the increase

Property Cybercrime is on the increase

Property Cybercrime is on the increase but there are steps that can be taken to protect your property from being fraudulently sold or mortgaged. read more

It is time to pause – Brexit debate

It is time to pause – Brexit debate

My colleagues have posted articles on what Brexit may mean in the property arena or the employment arena, however I wish to make a non legal observation. read more

BREXIT – The implications on the London property market

BREXIT – The implications on the London property market

Following the result of the EU referendum it is too soon to predict how the London property market will respond but evidence suggests that UK buyers will tread cautiously until the dust settles. read more

BREXIT – The Employment Law Implications

BREXIT – The Employment Law Implications

Since the decision of the referendum was announced this morning, there has been considerable speculation concerning the impact it will have on not only us as a nation, but also to us individually. read more

Third Party (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010

Third Party (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010

After receiving Royal Assent on 25th March 2010 the Third Party (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010 (“the Act”) finally comes into force later this year. read more

Can you claim an injury to feelings award under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (“WTR”)?

Can you claim an injury to feelings award under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (“WTR”)?

No. This was the answer that the EAT provided in the case of Santos Gomes v Higher Level Care Limited. read more

Colman Coyle to attend IR Global Conference in San Francisco

Colman Coyle to attend IR Global Conference in San Francisco

Colman Coyle is proud to be attending the IR Global Conference which this year is being held in San Francisco, California on 18th– 20th May 2016. read more

Major Differences When Litigating Under Common Law Or Civil Law

Major Differences When Litigating Under Common Law Or Civil Law

Many clients, and even lawyers, assume that litigation, particularly in Western or European jurisdictions, will be broadly similar. However this is far from true and there are many significant differences in approach between Common Law jurisdictions and those under Civil Law. read more

Solicitors Negligence – Damages Where Error Subsequently Corrected A Common Sense Approach By The Court Of Appeal But Is It “Good Law”?

Solicitors Negligence – Damages Where Error Subsequently Corrected A Common Sense Approach By The Court Of Appeal But Is It “Good Law”?

The Court of Appeal has twice recently been asked to consider the correct basis for assessing damages in claims for professional negligence against solicitors who had acted in relation to property transactions. read more

An act of discrimination?

An act of discrimination?

An interesting case has arisen relating to benefits during maternity leave. read more

Grounds for Dismissal: ‘Pulling a Sickie’

Grounds for Dismissal: ‘Pulling a Sickie’

Some workers may consider ‘pulling a sickie’ as not a particularly serious occurrence. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) however, recently emphasised that such a dishonest act can amount to gross misconduct; giving grounds for dismissal. read more

Protection for Zero Hours Contract Workers – Comment

Protection for Zero Hours Contract Workers – Comment

As you are aware that over a period of time, there has been much debate in relation to the use of a zero hour’s contract. Discussion has centred around the fact that individuals who undertake these contracts have no protection. read more

Tribunal awards and statutory payments to increase from April 2016

Tribunal awards and statutory payments to increase from April 2016

The annual increase on certain Tribunal awards and other statutory payments is due to take effect from 6 April 2016. read more

Lease Renewals – Attempts to change further terms

Lease Renewals – Attempts to change further terms

Colman Coyle are instructed on behalf of a large group (78) of leaseholders on Applications to renew and extend the terms of their leases under Section 42 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (“the 1993 Act”). read more

Update on the Buy to Let Stamp Duty Changes

Update on the Buy to Let Stamp Duty Changes

In the autumn 2015 statement the Government announced its intention to consult on the introduction of higher rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) to apply to the purchase of additional residential properties. read more

Spanish/International Department Update

Spanish/International Department Update

In the last few months, Colman Coyle’s International Department has been dealing with clients from different jurisdictions on a variety of issues, amongst them property, insolvency and litigation. We thought it would be a good time to provide you with a taste of what these have been. read more

AirBnBust – the risks of short term letting

AirBnBust – the risks of short term letting

With the prevalence and popularity of businesses such as AirBnB and Booking.com more and more homeowners and property investors are letting out their properties on short term lets. The figures speak for themselves as AirbnB now has more available rooms to rent than the largest hotel group. read more

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