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noviembre 2019

Telecoms Law Update – The Right to Survey Clarified by the Court of Appeal

Telecoms Law Update – The Right to Survey Clarified by the Court of Appeal

The University of London –v- Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited Judgment has been handed down today by the Court of Appeal in the c ...

New Judicial College Guidelines published

New Judicial College Guidelines published

The 15th edition of the Judicial College Guidelines for the assessment of damages in personal injury cases was published on the 26th November 2019, mo ...

Service of Proceedings on a Solicitor

Service of Proceedings on a Solicitor

The recent case of Nangelenan v Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust [2001] has highlighted a very significant flaw in the acceptance of service by a nomina ...

“Rather fail with honour than succeed by fraud”

“Rather fail with honour than succeed by fraud”

For committal applications to be made, is it essential that there be “proceedings”. This important question was considered by the Courts in Jet 2 Holi ...

Real Estate Tip of the Week: Negotiations and Settlement of a Dispute – Protecting Correspondence

Real Estate Tip of the Week: Negotiations and Settlement of a Dispute – Protecting Correspondence

The use of the phrases “subject to contract” and “without prejudice” are often used in negotiations. However, there is an important difference between ...

Proliferation of applications for Code powers

Proliferation of applications for Code powers

Nearly two years ago, on 28 December 2017, the new Electronic Communications Code (“the Code”), set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003, ...

Supreme Court settles the debate on who deals with Unidentified Driver cases

Supreme Court settles the debate on who deals with Unidentified Driver cases

Can a claim be brought against the unidentified driver of a vehicle following a road traffic accident? This questions was considered in the case of Ca ...

Court Fee Remissions

Court Fee Remissions

What impact could the recent increased in court fees have on the costs of personal injury claims? Recent increases in Court Fees have seen them rise t ...

NHS England and NHS Improvement’s response to the policy consultation on digital-first primary care

NHS England and NHS Improvement’s response to the policy consultation on digital-first primary care

In June 2019, NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I) undertook a public consultation on digital-first primary care. DAC Beachcroft, amongst others, ...

Court of Appeal confirms application of the concessions regime

Court of Appeal confirms application of the concessions regime

In our briefing last October we detailed the High Court’s judgment in Ocean Outdoor UK Ltd v London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. The case was ...