UK litigation funding upended – implications for funders and practitioners By Laura Berry, , In a major upheaval of the litigation funding market, the UK Supreme Court decided on 26 July 2023…
Trucks Litigation Update: A bump in the road for RHA By , Laura Berry On 25 July 2023 the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in UK Trucks Claim Limited v…
STONEGATE PUB LIMITED v MS AMLIN, LIBERTY AND ZURICH VARIOUS EATERIES v ALLIANZ. RESILIENCE WORDING – COVID-19 BUSINESS INTERRUPTION CLAIMS By Chris Wilkes, James Deacon, Ilana Gilbert, In June and July of this year, the Commercial Court heard three Trials in relation to claims…
Accountancy Newsletter July 2022 By Richard Highley, , Naomi Park, Kevin Hawthorn, Hannah Gregory, Rebecca Smith, , Francesca Muscutt, DAC Beachcroft's Accountancy Newsletter features topical news and insights for our clients and…
Wiseman v HMRC – a reminder of the limitations of Legal Advice Privilege in regulatory proceedings By , Francesca Muscutt Accountancy firms facing regulatory investigation need to be very clear about what communications…
Competition Appeals Tribunal grants Collective Proceedings Order in Trucks Litigation By Laura Berry, On 8 June, in the latest instalment of the long-running “Trucks Litigation”, the Competition…
Competition Appeal Tribunal certifies class action against Mastercard By , William Allison In December last year, we commented on the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Mastercard…
Accountancy Newsletter - July 2021 By Richard Highley, Naomi Park, Francesca Muscutt, Christopher Dyke, , Rebecca Smith, Kevin Hawthorn, Giles Hindle, Christopher Wall Breaking the Mountaineer’s Knee: Supreme Court establishes “purpose test” to assess the scope of an…
Auditors’ duties in relation to fraud – the new requirements of (Revised) ISA (UK) 240 By Richard Highley, Introduction In May 2021, the Financial Reporting Council (“FRC”) issued revised standards in…
Breaking the Mountaineer’s Knee: Supreme Court establishes “purpose test” to assess the scope of an auditor’s duty By , Richard Highley Introduction A lot has already been written about the June 2021 Supreme Court judgment in the…
Cartel claims after Brexit – changes, implications and predictions By Laura Berry, In December 2020 we explored the impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Merricks vs…
Mastercard vs. Merricks – a landmark step closer to US-style class actions By , Laura Berry Introduction In December 2020, after a long wait for interested parties, the Supreme Court…
Accountancy Newsletter - December 2020 By Richard Highley, Rebecca Smith, Phil Murrin, Christopher Dyke, Gill Burnett, Julian Bubb Humfryes, Naomi Park, , DAC Beachcroft's Accountancy newsletter features topical news and insights for our clients and…
Sports Direct and Legal Privilege – the saga continues By Richard Highley, , Julian Bubb Humfryes Background – Sports Direct, the FRC and privilege Last year we reported on the High Court’s…
Significant extensions to the duty to self-report misconduct – the new ICAEW guidance By Richard Highley, , Julian Bubb Humfryes As all accountants are aware, their regulator, the Institute for Chartered Accountants of England…
Covid-19 Business Interruption – Loss means physical deprivation of property By James Deacon The Commercial Court has today ruled that temporary loss of use of premises as a result of Covid-19…
A Global Pandemic – A Globally vulnerable workforce By , Catrin Davies We are in unprecedented times…
A v B, FRC: the next chapter on disclosure of an audited entity’s privileged documents to the FRC By Richard Highley, Last month, the High Court gave its judgment in this tripartite dispute between the Claimant “ A ”,…
Wheeldon Brothers Waste Limited v Millennium Insurance Company Limited Condition Precedents – interpretation of "combustible" and "stored" By James Deacon, Wheeldon operated a waste processing plant, which produced solid recovered fuel, by removing…
One more push – damages for late payment provisions come into effect today By Nick Young, James Deacon The industry could be forgiven if feeling reform-weary after contending with the changes already…
Insurance Act 2015 comes into force today By Nick Young, James Deacon The Insurance Act 2015 comes into force today, 12 August 2016…
Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010: in force from today By Charlotte Shakespeare, James Deacon Replacing the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 1930, the 2010 Act removes the need for…
Damages for late payment revived by the Enterprise Bill By Nick Young, James Deacon On 17 September the Enterprise Bill was published, including within it the provisions on damages…
Are you ready for the Insurance Contracts Act 2015? By Nick Young, James Deacon The Law Commissions yesterday unveiled the first draft clauses of what may become the Insurance…