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The case of Charlesworth v Crossrail Ltd[2018] has offered new judicial guidance on the Crichel Down Rules. This new guidance is of importance to local authorities and landowners..

New guidance from the Scottish government was published at the end of April 2018. We look at the key points.

This article looks at a key change to the LGPS following the May 2016 consultation and the government's plans to publish a further “New Fair Deal” consultation paper by the end of 2018.

In ‘Goldscheider v Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation’, a violist has won compensation for irreversible ‘acoustic shock’ suffered during rehearsal.

These regulations impose new rules on those in control of agricultural land with the aim of tackling pollution to inland and coastal waters.

Burges Salmon has advised on the transfer of assets to United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

The Court of Appeal has decided when land can be registered as a town or village green by limiting the use of the ‘statutory incompatibility’ test. 

HMRC has responded to STEP confirming that non-UK trusts with UK residential property via non-UK companies are not required to register information using the Trust Registration Service.

In light of R v Skansen, financial services firms should ensure that they have the adequate procedures and the required systems and controls to prevent bribery. 

Burges Salmon has advised longstanding client Peter Hargreaves on his £24 million investment in Cornwall’s satellite tracking Goonhilly Earth Station.

Burges Salmon has again ranked strongly in Clean Energy Pipeline’s 2017 global league tables for clean energy M&A. 

Tribunal makes decision on taxable profits in Maersk Oil North Sea UK Ltd and Maersk Oil UK Ltd v HMRC.