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Arbitration: The art of adjudication

Penningtons Manches LLP

Rustam Dubash, Clare Arthurs and Harriet Champkin present an overview of crucial arbitration case law...

Stewarts Law LLP

Laura Jenkins and Mike McCabe question why assessors and judicial assistants are not more widely used in commercial litigation...

Mayer Brown International LLP

Susan Rosser and Catherina Yurchyshyn assess a recent decision on conspiracy to breach a court order...

Landmark Chambers

James Neill and Chris Hoyle provide a commercial litigator’s guide to the suspension of the award of a public contract...

Allen & Overy

Richard Farnhill resumes his assessment of the current law of privilege...

Penningtons Manches LLP

Clare Arthurs and Nicole Finlayson take a look at limitation of liability...

SimplyPSL

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

Walker Morris LLP

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

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...

Financial provision: A helping hand

Ketley Miller Joels

Che Meakins looks at the issue of needs in financial proceedings, and the guidance available to assist parties, practitioners and the courts...

Clarke Willmott LLP

Rayner Grice provides a reminder of the courts’ approach to relocation, within the context of the increased variety and complexity of family life...

Switalskis

Andrew Baines explores the role of love in the family courts and how it may impact on all involved in the court process...

JMW

Joe Ailion highlights a case in which, inter alia, a lack of legal advice in relation to a pre-marital agreement did not protect a dissenting party...

Vardags

Kathryn Mason considers the courts’ jurisdiction to order the payment of school fees, and the factors that will be taken into account...

Mishcon de Reya

Emma Willing suggests that the Supreme Court declaration of incompatibility in relation to civil partnerships is just the start of a very necessary process of change...

1 Garden Court Chambers

Katherine Dunseath and Joanne Wescott examine the Supreme Court decision in Mills v Mills, and the approach to variation of periodical payments subsequent to a capital order...

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...

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...

Lasting powers of attorney: When lay means laissez faire

Bircham Dyson Bell

How does the court approve retrospective payments to attorneys who have exceeded their powers? Geoffrey Kertesz and Helen Fry discuss...

PWT Advice LLP

Jo Summers reviews the first edition of a book aimed at enlightening practitioners on the handling of digital information...

Penningtons Manches LLP

Danielle Dennis-Betts explores an influential Privy Council decision on how funds in a joint bank account should be treated on the death of one account holder...