Christopher Tayton, Partner at Clarkslegal talks Brexit, explains how the signing of Article 50 will affect UK Law and the White Paper proposals...
Property guardianship schemes have become a popular way for landlords to protect their empty properties from squatters and vandalism. For the property guardians, the schemes typically offer plentiful living space at low cost in otherwise expensive cities....
Team moves often include claims for misuse of confidential information. A recent example is Marathon Asset Management (MAM) -v- Seddon and Bridgeman. Before leaving MAM’s employment Mr Bridgeman electronically copied 40,000 documents, including a mixture of confidential and non-confidential information. As an employee, he was subject to implied contractual duties of fidelity, good faith and confidentiality....
The English High Court is a popular venue for the resolution of international disputes. From a claimant’s perspective, it allows the possibility of various funding models and the ability to recover costs from the losing party. ...
The question of when a binding contract is formed has been re-examined in the recent case of Global Asset Capital v Aabar Block, where Global tried to enforce an oral deal surrounded by written communications which did not make the terms of the agreement clear. ...
The High Court has approved a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) between Rolls Royce (RR) and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in relation to widespread allegations of bribery and corruption over a 24 year period....
A recent decision of the ECJ has potentially concerning consequences for any public authority which finds itself in dispute with its supplier under a public contract....
Companies have limited liability. Does this mean that their directors can never be liable for the acts of the companies? This was the question before the Court in Victoria Plum Limited -v- Victoria Plumbing Limited & Others. ...
The Court is frequently asked to determine whether an estate agent is entitled to commission. Most commonly, such cases involve a dispute over who ...
Restrictive covenants are commonplace in both business sale agreements and employment contracts. Claims based on such covenants invariably turn on whether ...
Many documents produced in commercial dealings are marked "without prejudice", often appropriately but sometimes not. When used correctly, these words mean that the document cannot be used in legal proceedings against the party who produced the document, nor indeed can that party use the document themselves....
The defection of directors to a competing company is often a matter of concern for their former employer. ...
The government has announced its latest policy to combat so-called boardroom excess. ...
The exercise of break clauses can cause tenants great difficulty, especially where the break clause is subject to conditions. It is common for break clauses to require “vacant possession” and it can be difficult for a tenant to know what exactly this requires them to do. One question which comes up frequently is whether it is necessary to remove partitions in order to give vacant possession....
Two recent cases show the circumstances in which the court will allow contempt proceedings against directors for actions taken by their companies. ...
In cases where the supply partner you appoint doesn't fulfil you expectations, you will want to ensure that you have a carefully drafted contract providing you with the best protection and remedies to minimise the negative consequences of your supplier’s underperformance. ...
The Court of Appeal has again – this time in the case of MWB Business Exchange Centres Limited –v- Rock Advertising Limited, confirmed that parties will not be bound by a clause in a contract purporting to provide that oral variations will be ineffective....
The Jackson reforms of costs in civil litigation (mostly) came into force on 1 April 2013, including a new test for proportionality. However, in the intervening four years, there has been precious little authority as to what proportionality means in practice. This has changed as a result of the judgment of the Senior Costs Judge, Master Gordon-Saker, in BNM and MGN Limited....
The Courts now expect that parties who have a dispute will attempt to settle by negotiation before embarking on legal action. Detailed pre-action protocols stipulate how parties must therefore behave, and this will almost always involve sending a detailed letter before action and providing a response to it....
Those of you who attended our property seminar on 11 May 2016 heard about the circumstances in which a Tenant can recover damages from their Landlord where their Landlord has breached terms of the Lease...