Category: Litigation

Construction Adjudications

February 17th, 2025

“Pay now, argue later” is the principle. If you are a party to a qualifying construction contract, then you have a right to adjudicate – a 28 day process from

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Preparing your Client for Mediation

February 10th, 2025

Preparing for Mediation – Top tips and Observations from a solicitor/mediator A mediation is a useful option for parties in dispute and who want to try to resolve their differences

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Trust-related Disputes

February 5th, 2025

The great property dispute; who owns what? Family disputes over who owns a property and how can often be acrimonious, and there can be some complexity.  Nothing quite reminds us

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Section 21 ‘no-fault’ eviction ban: What you need to know

September 3rd, 2024

On 17 July 2024, the new Labour Government revealed it plans to give ‘greater rights and protections’ to tenants, by scrapping the Section 21 notice process. With Parliament resuming after

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Good Fences Make Good Neighbours

April 8th, 2024

How to resolve Boundary Disputes In the poem “Mending Wall” by the American poet Robert Frost, the author raises some important questions as the purpose of borders between people and

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Emojis v Language: Which to Use? 🤔

March 25th, 2024

In a previous blog, ‘Can an emoji lead to a contractually binding agreement?’, we discussed the Canadian case of South West Terminal Ltd v Achter Land & Cattle Ltd (June

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Red Flags and “Proving” Undue Influence

March 6th, 2024

Rea v Rea Court of Appeal Judgment handed down remotely on 23 February 2024 A claim based on Undue Influence will need to establish that the testator of a Will

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‘Newcomer injunctions’ – a Supreme Court ruling on a wholly new type of injunction

January 30th, 2024

Wolverhampton City Council and others v London Gypsies and Travellers and others (2023) Background The Supreme Court determined whether a court has the power to grant a “newcomer injunction”, which

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Refuse to engage in dispute resolution at your peril. Or can the court lawfully order a party to take part in dispute resolution?

December 14th, 2023

A brief look into Churchill v Merthyr Tydfill County Borough Council The Court of Appeal has very recently considered the issue of whether a court can interfere with a party’s

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Clause Excluding Loss of Profit is Upheld in Recent Judgment

December 4th, 2023

In Pinewood Technologies Asia Pacific Limited v Pinewood Technologies Plc [2023] the court showed that it is prepared to take a robust stand and uphold clauses excluding liability in certain

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A Further Update: Proposed Changes to Residential Evictions | An Indefinite Delay to Section 21 Evictions

October 25th, 2023

The Update In a recent update to The Renters (Reform) Bill, which has been said to be one of the most significant pieces of legislation for the private sector in

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Can an emoji lead to a contractually binding agreement?

September 25th, 2023

We probably use at least one type of emoji and a popular one must be the thumbs up.  But how legally binding is it if you reply with that emoji?

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