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April 27, 2020

What does the Covid-19 crisis mean for bringing English Civil proceedings to assist fraud victims to recover losses

Most critical phase of the crisis 1.Special Legislation

In addition to multiple pieces of guidance given by the HM Courts & Tribunals Service...

May 6, 2020

COVID-19: Forcing the English Court System into the Digital Age

Courtrooms in the COVID-19 Era

Amidst the upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic and the worldwide shutdown it has caused, the courts of England and...

May 27, 2020

Beware the Zoom Boom

The video conferencing platform has sharpened its cybersecurity features, but users should remain prudent.

Thanks to the world’s increasing need t...

April 13, 2020

V for Vendetta – The Morrisons Case

While everyone has been focused on the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, a potentially groundbreaking legal precedent was set by the UK Supreme Court ea...

April 2, 2020

Planning in the Coronavirus Crisis – How the Public and Private Sectors Have Responded and What More Can be Done?

The current Coronavirus crisis undoubtedly presents significant challenges for the planning system. It is therefore encouraging to see how the publ...

March 25, 2020

Commercial Leases: Rental Payments During the Coronavirus Crisis – 25 March 2020

Today is one of the usual quarter days on which many tenants of commercial leases are due to pay rent. But the Covid-19 pandemic means that there i...

March 23, 2020

Dealing With Staff Costs During the Coronavirus Crisis

The Coronavirus crisis has already caused economic havoc and businesses have been scrambling to cut costs. With less work around, many are looking...

February 26, 2020

UK Law to the Rescue of Coronavirus

With the number of globally-reported cases surpassing 80,000 across most continents, the Coronavirus outbreak has sparked major global concern for...

January 20, 2020

What Does the Future Hold for London Planning

Following December’s election, the Queen’s Speech set out that the Government is committed to building at least a million more homes over this Parl...

January 12, 2020

No More Booking.Cons

"last room available!"

“8 other people are viewing this property right now”

If you have ever searched for a hotel or holiday accommodation on the...

December 3, 2019

What Does the Future hold for the UK Real Estate Market Under a Labour-Led Government?

With the U.K. general elections now just around the corner, many UK professionals involved in its property sector are voicing their concerns of the...

November 20, 2019

Reaching for the Sky – Wembley Towers Project Phase One Completes

After a year of hard work by the Real Estate team at Asserson, an unprecedented project has reached a significant milestone. With all the creativit...

September 12, 2019

Britain’s Island of Stability in the Post-Brexit Era

Even Britain’s most fervent Leavers would admit that Brexit, if and when it actually happens, is expected to bring about some dramatic changes in t...

June 27, 2019

Asserson and AIHA Win Again in Court of Appeal

JEWISH HOUSING ASSOCIATION DEFEATS DISCRIMINATION CHALLENGE AGAIN IN COURT OF APPEAL AIHA – which serves the UK’s Orthodox Jewish community -...

February 25, 2019

Business Tenants Stronger Right to Renew Lease

Are you planning to purchase a commercial property that already has a tenant? Is the plan to let it out for better rates or occupy it yourself? Or...

February 5, 2019

Asserson Wins for Jewish Housing Association in Defeating Discrimination Challenge

The Agudas Israel Housing Association (AIHA), founded to serve the UK’s Orthodox Jewish community, has defeated an application for Judicial Review...

December 21, 2018

Asserson’s Planning Team Ends a Remarkable Year

Having won defining planning consents for clients, and industry recognition for the strength and depth of their work, Asserson's Planning Team refl...

November 22, 2018

Asserson Up for Key Real Estate Prize

Asserson has been shortlisted as Property Team of the Year in the British Legal Awards 2018. The firm has been recognised for its Planning practic...

August 2, 2018

Junior Lawyer 2018 identified at Asserson

An Asserson junior lawyer has been recognised in leading legal industry awards. Shimon Goldwater has been shortlisted in the Law Society Excellenc...

June 18, 2018

Asserson Planning Team helps kick start UK’s largest regeneration scheme

Three major landmark developments, which form part of the UK’s largest regeneration scheme and London’s biggest Opportunity Area, have received pla...

June 17, 2018

Student numbers top 5000 in university compensation claim

The student group action seeking compensation for classes cancelled by universities during the lecturer strikes earlier this year has swelled from...

May 17, 2018

Chief Coroner Issues New Guidance after Asserson-led High Court Defeat

Following Coroner Mary Hassell’s defeat in the High Court, the Chief Coroner of England and Wales, Judge Mark Lucraft QC, has today (17th May 2018)...

April 27, 2018

A victory for diversity as High Court backs Asserson in coroner case

The High Court today (27 April 2018) ruled that the protocol issued by Coroner Hassell on 30 October 2017 that “No death will be prioritised in any...

April 25, 2018

New York courts back Asserson clients on alleged art collection sale

Asserson has secured a resounding win for its clients in the New York federal courts, obtaining dismissal of claims against their clients for c.US$...

April 24, 2018

More than 3000 students commit to compensation claim with Asserson

More than 3000 students in the UK are now part of an Asserson-backed scheme to claim money back for lost teaching time resulting from industrial ac...

March 28, 2018

£60million damages for solar companies: Asserson lead solicitor

A freedom of information request response from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has confirmed that the UK Governm...

March 26, 2018

Compensation for students over tuition contract breach: Asserson co-ordinates

More than 1000 students have now joined a scheme launched by Asserson to claim money back for lost teaching time resulting from industrial action a...

February 6, 2018

Top Legal Case in 2018 for Asserson

Leading UK legal publication The Lawyer has recognised the case that Asserson brought against the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) as...

January 23, 2018

London signature building changes hands

After several months of often tense and protracted negotiations, Asserson has completed the purchase of a large landmark office building in the Cit...

January 21, 2018

Transformational planning scheme is greenlit

Asserson's award-winning planning team has helped a public/private joint venture to deliver plans for a controversial housing and office project va...

January 4, 2018

Asserson achieves settlement on legal training concerns

The Law Society conducted a tender process to appoint an exclusively endorsed training partner for a QLTS (Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme) prepa...

January 2, 2018

Asserson leads judicial review to defend religious minorities’ rights

Asserson is playing a leading role in defending the rights of religious minorities in the UK. Amid fresh controversy around the release of bodies f...

November 24, 2017

No Kill for CIL : Insights from Asserson’s Planning Team

Introduced in 2010, CIL was meant to provide a “faster, fairer, more certain and transparent means of collecting developer contributions to infrast...

November 24, 2017

What’s come out of the Chancellor’s Red Box? UK Budget Insights for Property Developers

Asserson's Planning Team has been through the fine print of the UK Budget 2017 to highlight key points for those looking to develop Real Estate pro...

November 23, 2017

Asserson’s Commitment to Private Clients is Recognised as Market Leading

Asserson’s support for private individuals and their business interests has resulted in the firm being shortlisted in leading industry awards. The...

November 23, 2017

Asserson’s Real Estate Team Brings New Entrants to the London Market

The Asserson Real Estate Team has helped a major non-UK business make its first foray into the London prime market. The Firm has completed for the...

July 30, 2017

Asserson Planning Powers Old Oak’s South-East Face

Asserson’s Planning team has helped clients win consent for a total of 500 units, including a cluster of towers in excess of 15 storeys, along the...

July 4, 2017

Legal Insights: When your blog might not be your blog…

It is quite common for employees to have personal blogs which are related to the job they do. For example, someone who works for a fashion-house m...

May 30, 2017

Asserson creates “an English island inside Israel” writes Globes

Israel’s leading business news publication, Globes, has published an extended profile of Asserson’s founder and senior partner, Trevor Asserson. T...

April 30, 2017

Israel’s First International Arbitration Seminar…hosted by Asserson

On 20 April, more than 100 people attended the first gathering of lawyers and interested parties from around the world on international arbitration...

April 17, 2017

Legal Leaders for the Future: New Partner Pair at Asserson

Asserson has announced that Yisroel Hiller and Baruch Baigel have become partners at the Firm in the Dispute Resolution team. Yisroel is the first...

March 30, 2017

Top Tier Recognition for Asserson at International Level

Asserson has been recognised as a market leading firm in the international rankings published by Legal 500. In the latest assessment of legal prov...

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