News Category: Dispute resolution

15 February 2021

Adverse possession is sometimes described as "squatter's rights". Prior to the Land Registration Act 2002, a squatter could acquire the right to be registered as proprietor of a registered estate if they had been in adverse possession of the land for a minimum of 12 years.  Since the Land Registration Act 2002 came into force, it is more difficult to claim adverse possession of registered land, although the period of possession is reduced to 10 years.  The minimum 12 year period of possession remains for unregistered land. Read more

22 January 2021

The recent Judgment handed down by the Supreme Court in the case of The Financial Conduct Authority v Arch and Others will be welcome news to small businesses in the UK. Many businesses have been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic and suffered financial losses as a result.  The Supreme Court ordered that insurers must make payments to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) under business interruption policies. Read more

3 October 2020

This article provides an update to private sector landlords on how the recent changes in legislation affect them. Read more

21 July 2020

As a small or medium business, you have probably come up against the significant issue of being paid late by your customers. You have probably also been forced to accept very long payment terms by larger businesses because of the imbalance of power in contract negotiations. Read more

29 June 2020

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many summer holidays have been cancelled or postponed. Read more

28 April 2020

In this Q&A article, we have pulled together some key Landlord & Tenant Q&As. Read more

27 April 2020

In this article, Damian Pitt reviews the changes brought in by the Coronavirus Act 2020 in relation to the Civil Procedure Rules (the CPR) and related claims against “persons unknown” for trespassing. Read more

31 March 2020

A number of businesses especially in the retail and leisure industries have been forced to close as the government introduces stringent social distancing measures to curtail the spread of Covid-19. This has left a lot of businesses who rent their premises wondering how to pay the rent and commercial landlords worried that their tenants can’t afford to pay the rent. Read more

25 March 2020

The government is in the process of introducing legislation to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus on various sectors of society. Read more

21 February 2020

Steeles Law is delighted to welcome Jonothan Broadbent to its expanding Dispute Resolution team. Read more