In the latest decision under the Electronic Communications Code – Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited v The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development – the First-tier Tribunal provided commentary on a number of terms that typically come into dispute between operators and site providers during the negotiation of Code agreements. The...

Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd v Medley Assets Ltd is the latest decision on opposed lease renewals where the ruling has been in the tenant's favour when a landlord is opposing a tenant's request to renew a lease under section 30(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act (LTA) 1954. The County Court...

The UK private finance initiative (PFI) industry is already acutely aware of the potential for disputes leading up to and at the point of the handback of assets at the end of a project term. The nature of the issues that may arise will be very much fact and project...

In Vodafone Ltd v Gencomp (No 7) Ltd & AP Wireless II UK Ltd, the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) considered how an operator in situ can renew its rights under the Electronic Communications Code where the site provider has granted a concurrent lease to a third party, who would have...

A time bar is generally considered to be a provision in a contract that places a limit on the time within which a party can claim an entitlement. Time bars can relate to, amongst other things, an entitlement for an extension of time or for payment for additional works. A...

The recent judgment from the Court of Appeal in URS Corporation Limited v BDW Trading Limited has widened the avenues for developers to bring claims against contractors for historic defects and confirms that developers can be owed a duty under section 1(1)(a) Defective Premises Act 1972 and are able to...

The Court of Appeal has handed down its decision in Pretoria Energy Company (Chittering) Ltd v Blankney Estates Ltd , where an energy company sought to argue that a landowner had entered into a binding agreement to grant a 25-year lease by virtue of signed heads of terms. A large...

In January 2023 our Osborne Clarke Knowledge Lawyers made their business law predictions for 2023. Here, we see how those predictions are faring. General We thought that " businesses and their advisers are likely to sharpen their focus on the Opposition's emerging plans for the economy " – perhaps not...

As private finance initiative (PFI) project stakeholders prepare for the expiry and handback of over 500 UK PFI contracts, large physical assets unsurprisingly get the attention. But don't overlook the value of the technology, data and other intellectual property (IP) assets that are interwoven into the project. A bit of...

Prediction can be a fool's game; it is unlikely anyone thought there would be four chancellors and three prime ministers in a year. That said, these are some of the developments in UK business law which our expert team of Knowledge Lawyers expect in 2023. General With opinion polls continuing...