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Costs: The will to win

SimplyPSL

Sapna Garg reports on recent judicial views of success fees...

Walker Morris LLP

Rob Aberdein looks at the judicial implication of contract terms...

Vicarious liability: Unexpected items

Severn Trent Water Ltd

Kate Raybould reviews data protection and employer liability for employees’ actions...

Mayer Brown International LLP

Raid Abu-Manneh, Ali Auda and Jonathan Clarke discuss a hot topic at the Paris Arbitration Week...

Allen & Overy

In the first of a three-part consideration of the need for reform of privilege, Richard Farnhill outlines the background to privilege and attribution...

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Gareth Keillor and Rosanna Pinker explore a recent judgment on undertakings with regard to freezing orders...

RPC

Elizabeth Wiggin and Chris Ross analyse a Supreme Court decision on limitation periods for breach of trust...

Penningtons Manches LLP

Clare Arthurs and Nicole Finlayson consider Wrotham Park damages and how the range of circumstances in which they can be claimed has narrowed...

Internal investigations: How regulated firms can manage seven key issues

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Bradley Houlston, Polly James and Rebecca Harding-Hill look at how financial services firms can manage the employment law risks that arise from investigations into potential regulatory breaches...

Downs Solicitors

Samar Shams explains how to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when hiring migrant workers...

Dechert LLP

Charles Wynn-Evans analyses recent decisions on transfers of undertakings and service provision changes under TUPE...

Weightmans LLP

A recent ruling has provided much-needed advice on whether an employer is liable if an employee is harassed by a third party such as a client, reports Phil Allen...

Fox Williams LLP

Joanna Chatterton and Ed Livingstone examine the case law and new Acas guidance on religion and belief discrimination...

Taylor Wessing LLP

Sean Nesbitt and Rachel Farr consider the lessons for businesses from the Supreme Court’s ruling in Pimlico Plumbers...

DLA Piper UK LLP

Adam Hartley rounds up the latest case law and developments affecting employers and their advisers...

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Wrotham Park damages are unavailable in most employment cases even if it is difficult to quantify the losses from an employee’s contractual breach, write Emma Bartlett and Emma Humphreys...

Private children: To the letter

Slater and Gordon

Katherine Muldoon summarises the requirements in children proceedings involving domestic abuse, and the practice to be adopted as to fact-finding and cross-examination...

University of Greenwich

Mark Pawlowski examines the continuing role of the resulting trust in the context of investment and family property...

Hall Brown

Abigail Lowther reviews a civil decision on a claim for costs by a firm against their former client, and the circumstances in which a default judgment may be set aside...

Rayden Solicitors

Lehna Gardiner outlines the statutory and procedural requirements on an application for an adoption order by a step-parent...

Boodle Hatfield LLP

James Ferguson and Katie Male look at the courts’ approach to the weight to be given to a pre-nuptial agreement freely entered into by the parties, and the need for overarching fairness...

OGR Stock Denton LLP

Graeme Fraser and David Foster highlight the impact of future rule changes on divorce settlements through a practical case study...

JMW

Elspeth Kinder and Clare Williams consider the approach to new evidence where there has been a finding of fact in financial remedy proceedings...

Laytons

Sophie Ducamp-Monod and Simrun Garcha examine forthcoming EU regulations changing the ways in which British spouses may deal with their property in France...

Accommodation claims: Behind the times

St John's Buildings (Chambers of Sally Harrison QC)

Philip M D Grundy, Nick Martin, Edward J P Grundy and Matthew Smith explain why Roberts v Johnstone is no longer applicable...

12 King's Bench Walk (Chambers of Paul Russell QC)

Sexual assault, Package Travel Regulations, improper performance of contract, vicarious liability...

1 Chancery Lane

In the conclusion to a two-part analysis, Robert Hams, Lord Edward Faulks QC and Paul Stagg examine the implications of the Court of Appeal’s judgment in CN v Poole Borough Council...

QM Legal Costs

Paul Jones considers the latest case involving QOCS and allegations of fundamental dishonesty...

3PB Barristers

Sharan Sanghera provides up-to-date advice following a number of Part 36 judgments...

Zenith Chambers

Jonathan Holsgrove reports on the duty of care owed to schoolchildren after a recent case...

Outer Temple Chambers

Tom Gibson discusses case law – and settlements – in the complicated area of psychiatric injury claims by secondary victims...

3PB Barristers

Luke Ashby outlines when it is reasonable to leave the EL/PL Protocol...

Legislation: Going public

Millstream

Duncan Dallas sets out the new procurement thresholds...

TLT LLP

Alexandra Holsgrove Jones and Katherine Evans report on the recent amendment to the indexation provisions of the CIL Regulations...

Fenwick Elliott

Jeremy Glover examines the recoverability of overheads and profits as part of a damages claim...

Mills & Reeve

Claire Williams summarises the latest government response to the Cybersecurity Directive...

Paris Smith LLP

Peter Kershaw answers some key questions on battery storage...

Practice: Begin the beguine

Chris Hoyle

Chris Hoyle reflects on effective contract management...

Burges Salmon LLP

Patrick Parkin interrogates recent Crown Commercial Service guidance...

Womble Bond Dickinson

Helen Pearce and Sam Cave-Browne-Cave provide clarification on liquidated damages and the scope of final accounts...

Contractual obligations: It’s all in the timing

Walker Morris LLP

Rob Aberdein reports on some cases which show the need for care in the drafting of pre-emptive provisions, in particular with regard to timescales...

Wilberforce Chambers

Jonathan Chew reviews the court’s findings on the duty to consult with tenants under s20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1925 in cases where there is a change to the planned works...

Serle Court

Andrew Francis considers how far the Supreme Court’s decision in Morris-Garner opens up the question of compensation awarded by the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) in applications to discharge or modify covenants under s84(1) of the LPA 1925...

Burges Salmon LLP

Marcus Harling and Tim Kittow explore the roles of the employer’s agent and the contract administrator under different forms of building contract, highlighting some key issues in particular with development transactions...

Forsters LLP

Sarah Heatley looks at a decision which adds a further layer to the process of repossession when serving a section 21 notice...

Womble Bond Dickinson

Tom Pringle and Jennifer Bean assess the future of retail CVAs in light of recent events...

John Starr

Are no oral modification clauses effective to prevent subsequent variations in contracts? The Supreme Court has provided further insights on the matter, as John Starr finds out...

Walker Morris LLP

Karl Anders provides up-to-date practical advice for property owners and lenders following further ‘Airbnb’ litigation...

Estate planning: The importance of autonomy

Boodle Hatfield LLP

James Ferguson, Katie Male and Mark Lindley discuss a recent case that demonstrates the growing role of pre-nuptial contracts in estate planning...

Withers LLP

Alessia Paoletto reports on two recent cases which put European succession requirements into context...

St John's Chambers (Chambers of Susan Hunter)

Joss Knight examines a claim for a common intention constructive trust where a cohabitee has passed away...

Appleby

The EU’s 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive places further obligations on private client practitioners. David Dorgan explains...

University of Greenwich

Mark Pawlowski considers a recent decision on the enforceability of pre-nuptial agreements...

Ahern Lawyers

William Ahern urges practitioners to oppose the CRS Mandatory Disclosure Rules while there is still time...

Musings from Manchester: Plus ça change

Old Trafford Consulting Ltd

Certain new tax proposals hark back to 1970s ideology. Geoffrey Shindler separates the good from the bad...

Babbé

The Privy Council has given welcome guidance on the rights of trustees of Jersey and Guernsey law trusts. Nick Robison reports...