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Handling monies as stakeholder – the law under review

Handling monies as stakeholder – the law under review

Yee Shi Yin v 174 Law Solicitors Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 13 It is commonplace in real estate transactions that monies are held by solicitors as stakeholde ...

Interim payments are far from straightforward in professional negligence claims

Interim payments are far from straightforward in professional negligence claims

Kings v DWF LLP [2022] EWHC 3324 (Comm) This judgment relates to an application for an interim payment under CPR r.25.7. The broader litigation involv ...

Law Society Guidance on The Impact of Climate Change on Solicitors

Law Society Guidance on The Impact of Climate Change on Solicitors

On 19 April 2023, the Law Society issued guidance for its members to consider the way that they practise in the context of climate change. It is expre ...

Solicitors' Risks in Brief | May 2023

Solicitors' Risks in Brief | May 2023

Regulatory   Has the SRA confused or clarified its position on sanction in sexual misconduct cases? READ MORE   In With the New: Changes t ...

Data transfers and enforcement: Irish Data Protection Commission issues Meta with suspension and cessation orders along with largest ever GDPR fine

Data transfers and enforcement: Irish Data Protection Commission issues Meta with suspension and cessation orders along with largest ever GDPR fine

On 22nd May 2023, the Irish Data Protection Commission ("DPC") published its long awaited decision in the Meta data transfers case, providing the next ...

UK Trips for Schools – PTRs Apply

UK Trips for Schools – PTRs Apply

In the recent judgment of Cledford Primary School v Travel Class Limited t/a JC Adventures [2023] from Chester County Court, it has been held that a d ...

New procedure for collecting data pursuant to IVASS Regulations 44/2019 and 50/2022

New procedure for collecting data pursuant to IVASS Regulations 44/2019 and 50/2022

By communication published on the 12th of May 2023 (the “Communication”), the Italian Supervisory Authority (IVASS) issued the new procedure for data ...

MacPhail v Allianz Insurance plc – Court upholds lower court’s finding that trespass by a property developer was not accidental and so not covered by a public liability policy

MacPhail v Allianz Insurance plc – Court upholds lower court’s finding that trespass by a property developer was not accidental and so not covered by a public liability policy

The Chancery Division of the High Court has handed down judgment in the case of MacPhail v Allianz Insurance plc [2023] EWHC 1035 (Ch). The Central Lo ...

State Bodies and Litigation: An Alternative Approach

State Bodies and Litigation: An Alternative Approach

In the recent High Court judgment in Sere Holding Limited v HSE [2023] IEHC 63, the Court considered, amongst other things, whether there is an onus o ...

EU-US data transfers under the microscope as Meta decision expected from Data Protection Commission Shortly

EU-US data transfers under the microscope as Meta decision expected from Data Protection Commission Shortly

Transfers of personal data outside of the EU have been subject to significant scrutiny by EU regulators in recent years. Most notably, in 2015, the CJ ...