Dispute Resolution Hub
Professional negligence for gratuitous services
6 December 2018In Burgess & Anor v Lejonvarn [2018] EWHC 3166 (TCC), the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) has rejected a negligence claim against an architect for gratuitous services which she provided for her friends in connection with a landscape gardening project.
Read moreMind Your Words: Entire Agreement Clause fails to act as bar to misrepresentation claim
6 December 2018On appeal to the High Court has held that an entire agreement clause that did not expressly exclude liability for misrepresentation was not effective in excluding misrepresentation claims.
Read moreThe Expanding Reach of the SFO
6 December 2018In R (On The Application Of KBR Inc) v The Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2018], the High Court confirmed, for the first time, the SFO’s ability to compel the production of documents held by a foreign company located outside the jurisdiction, where there is was ‘sufficient connection’ between the company and the UK.
Read more“No-deal Brexit: civil and commercial cooperation” guidance published by the Law Society
6 December 2018Last month the Law Society published guidance for solicitors, concerning civil and commercial cooperation between the UK and EU member states in the event of a “no deal” Brexit.
Read moreIf you don’t ask…sometimes you do get!
6 December 2018Court sets aside arbitration award for serious irregularity on the basis that sole arbitrator grants relief which neither party asked for.
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