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Privilege: Don’t quote me on this

Allen & Overy

Richard Farnhill concludes his examination of privilege and considers if the system is fit for purpose...

Walker Morris LLP

Gwendoline Davies explores Supreme Court case law on contractual damages...

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Rachel Lidgate and Maura McIntosh discuss a case on variations after a no oral modification clause...

Latham & Watkins

Oliver Middleton summarises a recent case of dishonesty and offers to settle...

Burges Salmon LLP

Andrew Burnette looks at liability and the unknown: can the provider of a reference be responsible if it doesn’t know who will rely on it?...

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Julian Copeman, Anna Pertoldi and Maura McIntosh review a significant Court of Appeal judgment...

Walker Morris LLP

Nick Lees explains key cases on exclusion clauses and offers some practical advice...

Penningtons Manches LLP

Clare Arthurs and Nicole Finlayson report on the disclosure pilot scheme...

Staff procedures: Create or update an employee handbook

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

In the first part of a new series on how to write or refresh employment policies, Clare Davis looks at what to include in a staff handbook and how to avoid problems when making changes...

Weightmans LLP

Employers face challenging decisions about how to treat contractors for tax purposes under HMRC reforms. They could even face claims that those individuals are entitled to employment rights, warns Mark Leach...

Mishcon de Reya

David Cummings examines the government’s proposals for mandatory reporting of an organisation’s ethnicity pay gap...

Hogan Lovells

Emily Skinner discusses the Supreme Court’s ruling in the ‘gay cake’ case on alleged sexual orientation discrimination and the potential for conflict with religious beliefs...

Fox Williams LLP

As the office Christmas party season gets underway, the Court of Appeal has provided a sobering reminder to employers of the breadth of their accountability for any misconduct by employees. Joanna Chatterton and Ed Livingstone report...

Downs Solicitors

Samar Shams considers what the UK’s immigration policies may look like when free movement of EU nationals ends...

DLA Piper UK LLP

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

Norton Rose Fulbright

Amanda Sanders examines a draft directive and various UK proposals aimed at encouraging men and women to share parenting and other caring responsibilities more equally...

Schedule 1: Relocation, relocation

Rayden Solicitors

Shantel Burbridge analyses the court’s approach to a Schedule 1 case in which the applicant sought a replacement property for the benefit of the children...

Harrogate Family Law

Emma Doughty explores the practical challenge of protecting clients from pension pitfalls and best practice including the use of checklists...

JMW

Ruth Kearns considers the creation of corporate structures in other jurisdictions to frustrate the enforcement of a financial remedy final order...

Rayden Solicitors

Rachel Nicholl examines the courts’ approach to business assets and the different orders that may be made to deal with such assets...

Vardags

Amy Harris looks at the requirements as to service to seise jurisdiction, and whether a delay in serving a divorce petition may impact on the priority of proceedings...

Kingsley Napley LLP

Sital Fontenelle and Katie Newbury submit that provision in the Immigration Rules as to sole responsibility is outdated and at odds with the Children Act 1989...

Women's Aid

Katie Ghose and Natalie Friday provide a campaigner’s and a practitioner’s perspective on the failure to protect victims of domestic abuse from cross-examination by an alleged perpetrator...

Slater and Gordon

Joanne Green examines the enforcement of maintenance orders within the EU and the potential impact of Brexit...

Case report: Ketchion v McEwan (2018) unreported, Newcastle upon Tyne County Court, HHJ Freedman, 28 June

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

Costs recovery; QOCS protection; counterclaims...

QM Legal Costs

Paul Jones reviews a recent case that shows the unpredictability of the proportionality test...

Anthony Collins

Judges often have to determine the extent to which liability for an accident should be apportioned. Ann Houghton and Karl Hirst consider this in the vexed context of parental responsibility...

Exchange Chambers

Pankaj Madan provides an invaluable insight into these difficult cases...

Osbornes

With the number of acid attacks soaring, Patricia McCaffrey explores the potential heads of claim...

Exchange Chambers

David Knifton QC reports on the ground-breaking judgment in Lewis v Tindale on the liability of the MIB for accidents on private land...

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

In part one of a two-part analysis of claims against the police, John-Paul Swoboda examines the decision in Robinson and whether the police are exempt from negligence claims...

TRL

Victoria Eyers examines how to remove ambiguity from accounts of vision in vehicle incidents...

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...

Construction focus: Clarity is key

John Starr

John Starr reviews a case which highlights the importance of ensuring all documentation is in place and reflects the parties’ intentions...

Bucks New University

Naveed Ali analyses the evolution of adverse possession...

Irwin Mitchell LLP

Dreamvar has implications not only for conveyancers but for breach of trust claims. Claire-Marie Cornford and Sarah Smith explain...

Dentons

Michele Vas addresses the lack of consistent guidance when it comes to implementing s203...

Dentons

Dr Justin Hill and William Dougherty provide an overview of a new technology...

Hogan Lovells

Sanjay Davé reviews the implications of a recent Court of Appeal case...

CMS

What happens when a collateral warranty has expired? Aidan Steensma, Matthew Taylor and Marcus Barclay examine a recent TCC decision...

DWF

Nerissa Hatcher considers the lessons that can be learned from a recent decision concerning assignment of a number of underleases...

Charities: Take heed

IBB Solicitors

The Charity Commission is using its power to issue official warnings to trustees. Paul Ridout and Jelena Serbic analyse a high-profile case with tips for best practice...

Hugh James

Eleanor Goodridge considers a case of extreme gift-making under an LPA...

RadcliffesLeBrasseur

Law firms must now publish probate fees. Jonathan Shankland and Tom Frankel outline the position...

Slater and Gordon

John Davies and Danielle Lewis-James review an ombudsman decision on whether a gift amounted to the deprivation of capital to avoid care home fees...

Barlow Robbins LLP

Recent case law sets out the position of the courts and the expected role of Parliament on assisted suicide. David Foster discusses...

Radcliffe Chambers

William Moffett examines when trust information should be disclosed to beneficiaries and the importance of holding trustees to account...

Bircham Dyson Bell

The government should ratify the Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults and ease the complexity of LPAs and foreign property. Judith Morris explains the benefits...

Radcliffe Chambers

Gordon Nurse examines a case that indicates how proprietary estoppel cases are currently treated at trial...

Mezhprom Bank v Pugachev