Articles - DAC Beachcroft

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abril 2017

Self-policing of social media sites - a dream or a reality?

Self-policing of social media sites - a dream or a reality?

In the instant world of social media the hard earned reputations of brands and individuals can be destroyed in minutes by a wholly fictitious post or ...

Information required to obtain informed consent for elective procedures

Information required to obtain informed consent for elective procedures

Following a ground-breaking decision by the Supreme Court in 2015, Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11, the High Court has recently g ...

Purdah begins - what you need to know

Purdah begins - what you need to know

What is purdah? 'Purdah' (formally known as the 'election period') is the period leading up to an election, during which care should be taken to avoid ...

What's the use of motor insurance? The Court of Appeal explains...

What's the use of motor insurance? The Court of Appeal explains...

In a ruling handed down today (Wednesday 12 April 2017) in the case of UK Insurance v Holden & Phoenix, the Court of Appeal has provided helpful g ...

Solicitors Risks In Brief April 2017

Solicitors Risks In Brief April 2017

The Supreme Court finally speaks on Aggregation Supreme Court hands down its decision in BPE Solicitors v Hughes-Holland (in substitution for Ga ...

Supreme Court hands down its decision in BPE Solicitors v Hughes-Holland (in substitution for Gabriel) [2017] UKSC 21

Supreme Court hands down its decision in BPE Solicitors v Hughes-Holland (in substitution for Gabriel) [2017] UKSC 21

The Supreme Court this morning handed down its eagerly awaited decision in this case. The decision, which will be of particular interest to solicitors ...

Are you being served?

Are you being served?

The solicitors in Brightside Group Ltd And Others V RSM UK Audit LLP and Others learn a lesson in the Commercial Court. This article revolves around t ...

Disclosure Warning for Solicitors

Disclosure Warning for Solicitors

Eaglesham v MOD [2016] EWHC 3011 Solicitors should take heed of this recent case in which the Defence was struck out in a claim valued at £6 – 8M beca ...

Part 36 - Cost Consequences for misbehaviour

Part 36 - Cost Consequences for misbehaviour

Defendants, and litigants who behave appropriately, will be encouraged by the outcome of Transocean Drilling UK ltd v Providence Resources plc (2016) ...

If the damage is inevitable, then it's not accidental

If the damage is inevitable, then it's not accidental

In the case of Leeds Beckett University v Travelers Insurance Company Ltd the High Court has today provided useful guidance to property and constructi ...