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FinTech By Prakash Kerai What is a Collection? A Collection is a selection of features, articles, comments and opinions on any given theme or topic. It allows you to stay up-to-date with what interests you most, by collecting everything into useful packages. A Collection…
TMT, software, tech projects and outsourcing By Tim Ryan The current decade has seen 'outsourcing' evolve into 'strategic sourcing' as the efficiency gains and other benefits of entrusting an organisations non-core functions to vendors are more open to question and scrutiny: whether you are looking at a…
Value Judgment By Stephen Hocking Stephen Hocking, public law partner at international law firm DAC Beachcroft, and an adviser to UK universities, discusses the pressures on educators to demonstrate value for money in an increasingly regulated market and advises on some steps that…
Our success in the Court of Appeal By Catrin Davies We are really pleased to have won in the Court of Appeal in Holt v Holley & Steer [2020] EWCA Civ 851. The case provides new guidance on the assessment of the date of damage for the purposes of primary limitation in tort in the context of…
Black Lives Matter – the new #MeToo? By Louise Bloomfield #MeToo is still very much a live and relevant issue for all regulated firms and solicitors alike, and the SRA has taken a keen interest in such matters as evidenced by some high profile prosecutions. In the wider employment law world, sex…
Negligence v Criminality By Laura Stonier The Court of Appeal has recently reconsidered the illegality doctrine in Day v Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP [2020] EWCA Civ 447, concluding that an individual’s criminal conduct will not entitle him to recover damages for allegedly negligent…
Beware of costs sanctions if your conduct falls out of line By Parminder Badhan A number of recent cases have served as a stark reminder to practitioners of the importance of ensuring they comply with their duty to help the Court to further the overriding objective. If they do not adhere to this fundamental principle there is…
A Global Pandemic – A Globally vulnerable workforce By Cameron Carr We are in unprecedented times. Countries are emerging from enforced lockdowns across the world, and vast numbers of individuals are working from home. The new norm is likely to be with us for some time. A number of law firms have already indicated…
Disclosure – Damaging Documents By James Hazlett Following the introduction of the Disclosure Pilot Scheme in the Business and Property Courts, the disclosure obligations on parties in litigation are now more focussed, but require careful attention to ensure that the specific requirements are…
Updated Guidance to Combat Conveyancing Fraud By Naomi Park Following Dreamvar [1] , fraud in the conveyancing sector continues to be a headache for stakeholders and a source of claims against solicitors. To try and assist in the fight against fraud updated guidance was published on 26 June 2020 jointly by…
Avoiding the risk of inadvertent waiver of privilege By Gill Burnett Legal professional privilege is a cornerstone of our legal system and entitles a party to resist the disclosure of confidential and potentially damaging written or oral evidence to a third party or the court. It is vital to appreciate the scope of…
Wellbeing By Clare Hughes-Williams Law firms are undoubtedly challenging places to work no matter how good the culture within the firm. They have traditionally been fairly “macho” environments and although this is changing with so many more women entering the profession there is no…
