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07 August 2015
Issue: 7664 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Woolway v Mazars [2015] UKSC 53, [2015] All ER (D) 309 (Jul)

The Supreme Court, in allowing an appeal by the appellant valuation officer, held that premises demised to the respondent firm on the second and sixth storeys of a property were to be entered in the ratings list as separate hereditaments for the purpose of non-domestic rating. The court set out the principles which were to be applied when different storeys under common occupation in the same block were to be entered in the rating list for the purpose of non-domestic rating and questioned the application of Gilbert v S Hickinbottom & Sons Ltd [1956] 2 All ER 101 in such cases.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

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Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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