12/20/2023 5:10:46 PM Litigation Funding Agreements in a Flux: A Ray of Hope for Litigation Funders Following the Supreme Court's Decision in PACCAR Inc v. CAT By Howard Kennedy On 26 July 2023, the Supreme Court handed down its much-awaited judgment by a 4:1 majority in the case of R (PACCAR Inc and others) v...
12/8/2023 11:11:10 AM TUI suffers the post-holiday blues: the gastronomic gambit of TUI Ltd v Griffiths [2023] UKSC 48 By Rufus Scholefield Last week the Supreme Court handed down its highly anticipated decision in TUI UK Ltd v Griffiths [2023] UKSC 48. The Court unanimously...
12/7/2023 12:41:19 PM Honest Burgers resolves winding up petition with HMRC - but who will be next? By Rebecca Stratton This year we have seen a significant increase in enforcement action by HMRC. There has been a drive to collect in tax debts that accrued...
12/4/2023 5:39:12 PM The Economic Crime and Transparency Act hits new ground with anti-SLAPPs provisions By Elizabeth Morley At the end of October, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (the 'Act') received Royal Assent. As reported here, this Act...
12/4/2023 5:34:20 PM Update: Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council – The Court of Appeal in favour of court ordered mediation By Boniswa Dzere The Court of Appeal handed down, on 29 November 2023, its long-awaited decision on whether the court could order parties to mediate or...
11/22/2023 3:10:55 PM Director of failed energy supplier disqualified for 6 years after regulatory breaches By Rebecca Stratton Extra Energy Supply Limited went into administration on 4 December 2018. The company was based in Birmingham and supplied over 80,000...
11/21/2023 11:11:32 AM (Due) Process & Industrial Development? By Arish Bharucha The saga arising from the relationship between Process & Industrial Developments ("P&ID") and the Federal Republic of Nigeria has...
11/20/2023 4:40:48 PM Court dismisses final claims against Howard Kennedy's client in Mozambique v Credit Suisse "Tuna bond" mega-trial By Luke Barden de Lacroix The Commercial Court has dismissed the last remaining claim against Howard Kennedy's client in the trial between the Republic of...
11/17/2023 4:36:43 PM Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police: Supreme Court grants permission to appeal in significant case on public authority liability By Joel Leigh Analysis The Supreme Court recently granted permission to appeal ("the Tindall Appeal") in respect of the decision of the Court of Appeal...
11/17/2023 11:27:42 AM Company insolvencies rising and HMRC debt at record high levels By Rebecca Stratton The monthly insolvency statistics for October 2023 show that the number of registered company insolvencies in England and Wales has risen...
11/17/2023 10:09:56 AM Art dealers' duties on a sale of an artwork clarified By James Wingfield The court has found that art dealers can act on their own assessment of the quality of an artwork, provided it is within their existing...
11/16/2023 2:29:58 PM FTX and the regulation of crypto: an update By Rebecca Wyke On 2 November 2023, founder and former CEO of US cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty of orchestrating a...