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• 17 May 2012
  Mortgage lender conveyancing panels and conflicts of interest
  Mortgage lenders have been making different sorts of headlines in recent months, with changes to their general mortgage conveyancing panels becoming a hot topic. But what is all the fuss about, and are the interests of the house buying public at risk?
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• 7 May 2012
  The Perils of Consumer Credit Reform
  The Government’s plans for the reform of the Consumer Credit Act (“CCA”) are probably now far enough advanced that it is worth raising awareness of the problems lying ahead for finance companies providing credit to consumers.
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• 19 Mar 2012
  Check the Company’s Register!
  In a recent case involving Glencoe Developments Limited v Sneddon there was a useful reminder that, so far as voting rights in a company are concerned, what is registered in the Company’s Register of Members is all-important.
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• 7 Mar 2012
  The need for independent legal advice
  The recent case of The Trustees of Beardsley Theobalds Retirement Benefit Scheme v Yardley makes clear the importance for lenders to obtain confirmation that an individual signing a security document has received independent legal advice.
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• 5 Mar 2012
  Could it be possible to recover 50% of VAT inputs in relation to vehicles provided on Hire Purchase?
  Until recently practice would assume the answer to that question would be “no” but the 2011 First Tier Tribunal Case of Volkswagen Financial Services Limited v Revenue and Customs Commissioners may suggest otherwise.
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• 2 Mar 2012
  Is there an obligation on a Bank to proceed with ancillary elements of a transaction when the key element collapses?
  In Destiny 1 v Lloyds TSB Bank plc, the Court of Appeal for England and Wales considered whether one agreement which forms part of a larger transaction is enforceable even where negotiations on the transaction as a whole collapse.
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• 24 Nov 2011
  Challenging times for Charities in balancing funding requirements.
  Many people involved in running charities or volunteering for them are now facing some of the hardest choices in making sure that the charity continues and thrives
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