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Limitation: The need for speed

Watson, Farley & Williams

Andrew Ward, Pierre Welch and Leah Alpren-Waterman track time limits in rail franchise public procurement claims...

Walker Morris LLP

Michael Taylor, Gawain Moore, Duncan Lole and Gwendoline Davies weigh up a Court of Appeal decision on the adverse costs liability of litigation funders...

Peters & Peters LLP

Keith Oliver, Amy Harvey and Amalia Neenan assess the impact of regulation and civil remedies on crypto-criminality...

Hill Dickinson LLP

Robert Danvers reports on dispensing with service...

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Stewart Hey, Rhys Novak and Simon Heatley discover new depths in search orders...

39 Essex Chambers

David Sawtell discusses a free range in the choice of jurisdiction...

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Clare Arthurs and Nicole Finlayson chart the course of legal advice privilege...

Clarke Willmott LLP

Peter Brewer considers the consequences of misconduct...

Sexual harassment: Professional firms should prepare for increased scrutiny by regulators

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Nick Hurley and Rachel Warren consider how employers should respond to sexual harassment allegations in light of a growing risk of regulatory action if they mishandle complaints...

VWV

With the UK braced for a second wave of the pandemic, Kathy Halliday investigates the steps employers should be taking to support employees’ mental wellbeing in these difficult times...

CM Murray

Beth Hale and Sophie Rothwell explore the alternatives to redundancy that businesses could consider as the furlough scheme in its current form comes to an end...

Stephenson Harwood

Paul Reeves, Tony Woodcock, Leanne Raven and Fran Legg look at how businesses can tackle the heightened risk of modern slavery abuses resulting from the pandemic...

Taylor Wessing LLP

Sean Nesbitt and Alex Stones discuss the growing risk of online harassment of staff members, whether by colleagues, ex-employees seeking revenge or cyber campaigners...

SA Law LLP

With the Test and Trace service beset by problems, Chris Cook examines the data protection issues and other difficulties facing employers who wish to carry out their own tests for Covid-19...

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Mark Kaye rounds up recent case law affecting employers and their advisers...

Doyle Clayton Solicitors

Although making changes to employees’ terms and conditions can avoid the need for redundancies, there are numerous pitfalls that employers need to watch out for, warns Claire Wilson...

Embryology: IVF in the ‘new normal’ world

Seamus Burns

In the first of a two-part consideration, Seamus Burns highlights the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on fertility treatment and the consequential regulatory changes...

18 St John Street Chambers

Victoria Roberts and Dan Jones consider, in light of Akhter v Khan, whether matrimonial law in England and Wales is fit for modern society...

Rayden Solicitors

Kayleigh Biswas examines when the terms of a marital agreement may be overridden by a party’s needs and the financial effect of costs on an order...

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Matt Foster looks at the options for funding legal services, via family or commercial loans or by way of a legal services order...

Gall

Caroline McNally and Loretta Ho compare and contrast the provision for divorce and financial remedies in Hong Kong and England and Wales...

Mills & Reeve

Ellie Foster analyses an application for financial provision after a Jersey divorce and the obstacles faced by the wife despite the unavailability of pension sharing in Jersey...

JMW

Holly Tootill, Clare Williams and Hannah Pilling ask how, when and why third parties should be joined to financial remedy proceedings...

Farrer & Co

Frederick Tatham analyses the unusual circumstances that led to a final order being set aside twice on the basis of material non-disclosure...

Costs: Recovering inquest costs in successful civil claims: is it possible?

Serjeant's Inn

Yes, but the relevance of the inquest is key, says Anthony Searle...

Civitas Chambers

Simon Hughes and Isabelle Knight examine the implications of the recent Court of Appeal decision in Cowley v LW Carlisle Ltd [2020]...

Hailsham Chambers

Expert witnesses; unfit to act; third party costs order...

Farrar's Building

Aidan O’Brien considers the ruling in Putta v Royal Sun Alliance [2020]...

Civitas Chambers

Ian Meikle considers the approach to causation in the clinical negligence case of Schembri v Marshall [2020]...

St John's Chambers (Chambers of Susan Hunter)

Matthew White looks at the risks for employers in light of the decision in Shelbourne v Cancer Research...

4 New Square Chambers

Stephen Innes discusses the possibility of obtaining some money in advance of final assessments...

2 Temple Gardens

Jessica Van der Meer, Isabel Barter and Luka Krsljanin provide an overview of how litigation is taking place in these unprecedented times...

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...

Changes to permitted development rights: Up, up and away

Addleshaw Goddard LLP

Gary Sector explains the new permitted development rights introduced over the summer in detail and considers their value to developers and asset holders...

University of Wolverhampton

Sukhninder Panesar considers the case law relating to proprietary estoppel when seeking to acquire an interest in land without complying with the formalities of the 1989 Act...

St Ives Chambers

David Nuttall explains the procedural steps of a common easement claim, and the matters to consider where a claim needs to be issued urgently...

Henderson Chambers (Chambers of Charles Gibson QC)

George Mallet considers the practical implications of the recent Supreme Court judgment in Duval...

Law Commission

On 21 July 2020 the Law Commission published three final reports on residential leasehold and commonhold. Here, Professor Nick Hopkins, Simon Marciniak and Emily Fitzpatrick provide an overview of their recommendations as well as the thinking behind them...

Forsters LLP

Emily Holdstock assesses the implications of the pandemic so far and gives her thoughts on what lies ahead...

4-5 Gray's Inn Square

The stay on possession proceedings, which came into effect at the start of lockdown, is due to end on 20 September. Annabel Heath considers the steps for both existing and new claims, together with the defences tenants are likely to raise...

Irwin Mitchell LLP

Nicola Gooch assesses the government’s recent white paper aimed at streamlining the planning system...

Sanctions and trusts: Avoiding a costly breach

Ogier Legal

The use of targeted sanctions by global decision-makers is on the rise. Henry Wickham analyses how this trend affects Jersey trust structures...

XXIV Old Buildings

When is a charity not a charity? When it is a club. Timothy Sherwin explains...

University of Greenwich

Mark Pawlowski considers the interrelationship between proprietary estoppel and secret trusts...

Wright Hassall Solicitors

A family investment company is a useful way of preserving a family’s wealth. Eamonn Daly outlines the pros and cons...

Farrer & Co

Personal representatives risk being personally liable if they fail to discharge their duties to creditors. Adam Carvalho and Joseph de Lacey discuss recent judicial guidance on the scope of due diligence...

BDB Pitmans

Lucinda Brown and Alexander Morgan discuss the impact of the video-link will...

Musings from Manchester: Witnessing history

Old Trafford Consulting Ltd

Just how many of the recent changes to the working practices of the private client practitioner are here to stay? Geoffrey Shindler weighs it up...

Royds Withy King

Amanda Noyce examines recent case law to determine whether success fees are recoverable in 1975 Act claims...