Excello Law launches in Nottingham with arrival of senior insolvency team
National consultancy law firm Excello Law has opened a new office in Nottingham and welcomed a significant team move with the arrival of insolvency, corporate recovery and dispute resolution specialists…
Brexit and digital assets, ChatGPT, Denmark and the Windsor Framework
Brexit and Digital Assets On 10th January 2023, UNIDROIT, the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, announced a consultation on its Draft Principles and Commentary on Digital Assets…
Gitta Altmann appointed official legal advisor to the Swiss Embassy in the UK
Excello corporate and commercial lawyer Gitta Altmann has been appointed as the official legal advisor to the Swiss Embassy in the UK. Qualifying in 1997, and additionally admitted to the…
Tribunal refuses application to discharge restrictive covenant because of practical benefits
The case concerned a proposal to demolish four suburban houses and replace them with a block of 33 flats, standing up to five storeys high. Given the acute need for…
High Court awards compensation for damage caused by wayleave contractors
Farmers are often required to give contractors access to their fields so that they can work on utilities pipes or cables that run beneath them. However, as a High Court…
“Pay now, argue later” ruling on certification clause for commercial service charges
Many commercial leases appear to confer on landlords a wide and unilateral power to calculate and demand payment of service charges. However, an important Supreme Court ruling indicates that they…
Supreme Court ruling on what constitutes a nuisance
Mere overlooking by one property over another may not amount to a legal nuisance – but the Supreme Court has ruled in a landmark case that residents of flats that…
It is a longstanding rule of law that dispositions of beneficial interests in land must be made in writing and signed. Times move on, however, and the Court of Appeal…
Landlord only partly successful on recovery of costs of waking watch
Tenants are only obliged to pay service charges that have been reasonably incurred. That principle was the focus of a guideline case concerning two apartment blocks which, according to an…
Commercial leases, partnerships and the recovery of VAT on rent
In an important case for commercial landlords and professional partnerships, the First-Tier Tribunal (FTT) has ruled that a law firm which leased its premises via the medium of a dormant…
A local authority was entitled to require removal of three advertising hoardings that protruded a few centimetres over a pavement. The High Court’s ruling to that effect raised novel questions…
Brexit and Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) At the beginning of 2023 one of the premier art exhibitions in London was the Paul Cezanne exhibition at the Tate Modern. The exhibition has…
As one of the pioneers of the consultancy law model, we have seen a rapid rise in lawyers emancipating themselves from the traditional model and moving to consultancy solicitor, fee-sharing…
Top 10 Reasons to Become a Consultant Lawyer with Excello Law
1. Be your own boss As a self-employed consultant solicitor working within a national consultancy law firm infrastructure, you’re in charge of your own destiny. Build your practice with full…
Considerations When Becoming a Self Employed Solicitor
There are natural periods in the annual calendar when people focus on what they really want from their future working life – New Year is a classic opportunity to refocus,…
How can Excello Law help you grow your career in law? We were one of the first law firms to embrace agile working. Excello lawyers choose where they work; from…