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Arbitration: Take your time

Shoosmiths LLP

Michael Bennett considers extensions of time in arbitration proceedings...

20 Essex Street

Stephen Atherton QC and Malcolm Jarvis review a decision on a novel point under the Lugano Convention...

RPC

Andy McGregor and Sarah Shaul outline a recent case on guarantees...

gunnercooke

Sapna Garg explores the courts’ approach to rectifying parties’ mistakes when agreeing contract terms...

Expert evidence: A not so old master

Severn Trent Water Ltd

Kate Raybould looks at duplicity and art dealers...

Allen & Overy

Jason Rix examines contractual discretion and absolute contractual rights...

Quadrant Chambers

Joseph Sullivan reports on the first televised decision in the Court of Appeal...

Penningtons Manches LLP

Clare Arthurs and Nicole Finlayson catch the beat of non-party costs orders...

Staff procedures: Create or update a flexible working policy

Macfarlanes LLP

In the third part of our series, Tabitha Al-Mahdawie outlines how to refresh an organisation’s flexible working procedure...

Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP

Christopher Hitchins and Emma Khoo look at the employment law implications of this year’s rollout of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime to smaller financial services firms...

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Large companies’ success in ensuring women hold at least a third of boardroom positions by 2020 has been patchy, writes Emma Bartlett...

Trowers & Hamlins LLP

Paying an ill-health retirement pension based on an employee’s part-time final salary did not amount to discrimination arising from disability, report Nicola Ihnatowicz and Anna Scott...

Norton Rose Fulbright

Claire Darbourne summarises the government’s proposals on ‘fair and decent work for all’, greater clarity for workers and more effective enforcement of employment rights...

Fieldfisher

Hannah Disselbeck and Richard Kenyon consider whether the government can restore faith in the test for who is an employee, worker or self-employed...

Hogan Lovells

Jo Broadbent rounds up the latest case law and developments affecting employers and their advisers...

Pinsent Masons

In the second part of our series, Diane Nicol and Lesley Finlayson look at how to refresh an organisation’s disciplinary procedure in light of recent case law...

Periodical payments: Which way forward?

Blacks Solicitors

Andrew Smith discusses methods of enforcing periodical payment orders, the approach to arrears more than 12 months old and the potential for reform...

Hall Brown

Andrew Scott examines a long-running case as to the revision of a final order to reflect subsequent events and the jurisdiction of the court to do so...

Financial provison: Behind the scenes

Amy Harris

Amy Harris analyses a case involving the consideration of a resulting trust, inheritance prospects and whether support from a third party could be inferred...

Ketley Miller Joels

Elizabeth Simos looks at issues of conduct and non-disclosure, and the impact where adverse inferences are drawn in needs cases...

Kingsley Napley LLP

Charlotte Bradley and Stacey Nevin highlight areas where there is likely to be a lacuna in the law as a result of Brexit and ask whether Brexit may present opportunities to reform family law for the better...

McAlister Family Law

Fiona Wood considers multi-jurisdictional cases within the EU and the requirements in order for a member state to be seised of proceedings...

Farrer & Co

Alice Quirk and Suzanna Eames set out the principles of parental alienation, considering the court’s approach and the practical realities of advising in such cases...

VWV

Carly Weyman provides a reminder of key considerations when dealing with child abduction, in particular in relation to non-1980 Hague Convention countries...

Bills of costs: Show your working out

Zenith Chambers

Elliot Kay reports on a recent case that confirms you have to send a bill of costs to your client, even in fixed costs cases...

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

Clinical negligence; surrogacy; public policy and illegality; PSLA...

QM Legal Costs

Paul Jones explores whether all the penalties of a beaten Part 36 offer must apply or whether they can be severable...

7 Bedford Row

Liam Ryan examines the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Darnley and its potential wider impact...

Bolt Burdon Kemp

Sam Hayman discusses the implications of the recent case of Yirenkyi and its effect on the costs management regime...

Hardwicke Chambers

Dr Robert Whittock considers the causation hurdle faced in claiming for travel sickness on package holidays...

Cloisters (Chambers of Robin Allen QC)

Catriona Stirling and William Latimer-Sayer QC look at some of the key areas of the law in relation to quantum of personal injury damages which they consider to be in need of reform...

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

In the second part of a two-part analysis, John-Paul Swoboda outlines the decision in Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v DSD and looks at the wider impact on claims against the police...

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...

Enfranchisement: Room for reform

Forsters LLP

Natasha Rees reviews the most important enfranchisement cases of 2018...

John Starr

John Starr examines a TCC case where the court took a surprising stance as to who was responsible for ground conditions...

Gowling WLG

The planning team at Gowling WLG share their predictions for the coming 12 months and what those predictions mean in practice...

Travers Smith LLP

Andrew Ross and Sarah Quy discuss a case where the court emphasised the public interest in honouring private rights...

Osborne Clarke

Rebecca Francis, Colette Krawczyk and Chris Lee take a look at the key areas of development for real estate practitioners for 2019...

Wilberforce Chambers

Joanne Wicks QC reports on S Franses Ltd v The Cavendish Hotel (London) Ltd...

University of Greenwich

Mark Pawlowski examines the remedies available to an undue influence claimant under English law...

John Starr

John Starr reports on a construction case where the court reviewed an exclusion clause that sought to exclude all liability...

Book review: Shining a light into murky corners

JMW

Elaine Roche reviews Gill Steel’s book on the residence nil-rate band...

Bucks New University

Naveed Ali outlines the development of the constructive trust principle to aid cohabitees...

Radcliffe Chambers

Justin Holmes suggests a modern take on decided cases is needed to reflect the intentions of the 21st century testator...

5 Stone Buildings

Mark Blackett-Ord reports on an unusually successful award for adult children under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975...

Royds Withy King

In the first part of two articles Amanda Noyce discusses a series of recent proprietary estoppel claims concerning farms...

Crowe

Sean Wakeman gives an update on the Common Reporting Standard...

Musings from Manchester: System error

Old Trafford Consulting Ltd

Geoffrey Shindler argues that HMRC should be as honest about errors as the rest of society is encouraged to be...

XXIV Old Buildings

Timothy Sherwin considers tax-efficient planning for attorneys under lasting powers of attorney...

Griffin v Higgs