Floating with cannabis: Update for medicinal cannabis companies looking to be listed in the UK

The legal cannabis market is of increasing interest to entrepreneurs and investors. In recent years, we have seen a trend of growing deregulation in the supply and use of cannabis and cannabinoids globally, and a corresponding change in societal attitudes. The position in the UK echoes the position globally, with the appetite for investing in the legal cannabis sector increasing rapidly. However, investing in the cannabis sector remains a potential legal minefield, especially since the domestic regulatory regime is complex and investors and businesses will also need to be mindful of the extra-territorial reach of the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA).

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Planting the seeds of Leasehold Reform – the start of a new dawn?

The Law Commission has published its long awaited recommendations for reform of the leasehold sector, to include changes to Leasehold Enfranchisement, the Right to Manage and Commonhold. Their report is over 850 pages in length and supplements the report earlier this year with proposals for reforming how the premium (or price) is calculated for any enfranchisement claim.

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