Articles - DAC Beachcroft

Articles by Parminder Badhan

Access to Skeleton Arguments

Access to Skeleton Arguments

Skeleton arguments or written submissions are tools of advocacy and, unlike pleadings, or case memoranda, are not part of the court records.  This mea ...

Eminent tax barrister defeats claims brought by scheme investors

Eminent tax barrister defeats claims brought by scheme investors

Marketed tax avoidance schemes have been around for a long time, but it was only in the early 2010’s that there was a sea change in the approach taken ...

No aggregation of claims following dishonest solicitor's thefts

No aggregation of claims following dishonest solicitor's thefts

In what is undoubtedly an important decision for the insurance market, solicitors and claimants, the Court of Appeal has ruled that claims arisin ...

Duties owed by solicitors and trade unions

Duties owed by solicitors and trade unions

The case of Langley v GMB & Ors [2020] EWCH 3619 QB provides useful guidance on the duties owed by solicitors and trade unions in employment matte ...

Solicitors' Risks in Brief Newsletter - December 2020

Solicitors' Risks in Brief Newsletter - December 2020

                                             Regulatory Is the tide changing for junior lawyers READ MORE    The Compensation Fund an ...

Beware of costs sanctions if your conduct falls out of line

Beware of costs sanctions if your conduct falls out of line

Beware of costs sanctions if your conduct falls out of line A number of recent cases have served as a stark reminder to practitioners of the importanc ...

Solicitors' Risks in Brief  newsletter - April 2020

Solicitors' Risks in Brief newsletter - April 2020

Regulatory The SRA Standards and Regulations 2019 On 25 November 2019, the SRA introduced its new Standards and Regulations. Its aim was to ...

Fiduciary duties owed by a director survive insolvency Re System Building Services Group Limited (in liquidation) [2020] EWHC 54 (Ch)

Fiduciary duties owed by a director survive insolvency Re System Building Services Group Limited (in liquidation) [2020] EWHC 54 (Ch)

A recent English case has considered for the first time whether and if so to what extent the general duties of a director survive a company’s entry in ...

Court of Appeal clarifies new test for dishonesty in accountant's accessory liability case

Court of Appeal clarifies new test for dishonesty in accountant's accessory liability case

In a key decision of the Court of Appeal, an accountant was found to have dishonestly assisted breaches of trust and fiduciary duty in a very substant ...

Duty to Warn in Co-extensive with a Solicitor's retainers

Duty to Warn in Co-extensive with a Solicitor's retainers

Cathal Anthony Lyons v Fox Williams LLP [2018] EWCA Civ 2347 The Court of Appeal on 25 October 2018 dismissed an appeal which challenged a judge's fin ...