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Data Protection – A year’s worth of challenges and threats
18 March 2019Leigh Callaway and Gerald Brent examine the major issues which have been cropping up continually over the past year.
Read moreFrustrated by Brexit?
18 March 2019Whatever your views on Brexit and whether the UK should leave or remain and on what terms, Brexit seems a source of frustration for many people. The question that the court had to decide was: can a contract be frustrated because of Brexit?
Read moreIt is not just named parties that can sue under a contract…
18 March 2019In Filatona Trading Ltd and another v Navigator Equities Ltd and others the Court held that an LCIA arbitral tribunal did not exceed the scope of its powers in ordering relief that was not available to an English court.
Read moreSupreme Court takes chance to clarify law on loss of chance
18 March 2019In Perry v Raleys Solicitors the Supreme Court has provided important guidance on how “loss of chance” professional negligence cases should be approached.
Read moreA Director’s Duty
18 March 2019When a company is solvent, the primary duty imposed on directors is to promote the success of the company for the benefit of its shareholders. This duty is codified at section 172(1) of the Companies Act 2006. However, that position changes when a company is insolvent, or close to insolvency.
Read moreUpdate on Litigation Privilege – Important lessons to be learnt
7 March 2019In recent months we have seen a number of significant judgments regarding the scope of protection offered to litigants by legal privilege. In this article Leigh Callaway discusses the effect of those decisions and highlight some of the issues that parties should be aware of.
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