12/9/2024 4:52:31 PM Directors in the Firing Line - The Duty To Promote the Success of the Company By Rebecca Stratton In this blog, Rachel Brown in our Dispute Resolution Team considers the recent judicial consideration of the duty to promote the success...
12/6/2024 5:43:53 PM D'Aloia and beyond: What next for digital assets and the courts? By Ajay Fournillier Alix Pery This article is co-authored by Darragh Connell of Maitland Chambers who acted on behalf of Bitkub Online Co. Ltd (“Bitkub”) and...
12/3/2024 11:17:55 AM Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence - Under the Radar? Think Again By David Hamilton The fraud enforcement landscape is undergoing significant change. With the Government's official guidance now published, businesses...
11/27/2024 5:51:03 PM Supreme Court unmoved by Russian trustee's claim to Belgravia mansion By Hannah Hooper In Kireeva v Bedzhamov, the Supreme Court considered whether the court has the power to recognise a foreign bankruptcy at common law. The...
11/27/2024 5:13:48 PM Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence - Government Guidance By Kyle Phillips Alexander Vilardo On 6 November 2024, the UK Government published guidance to help organisations deal with the new "failure to prevent fraud" offence,...
11/21/2024 10:49:03 AM Mediation Q&A with litigator and mediator, Nikki Edwards By Krisha Jethani The origin of the term 'mediation' can be traced back to more than one source but what is uncontroversial is that it means "middle". The...
10/28/2024 12:24:41 PM Reflecting on Tunabond By Luke Barden de Lacroix Three months on from the handing down of the judgment in the "Tunabond" case, we reflect on the outcome of the trial and consider some...
10/23/2024 4:56:14 PM Restructuring plans post Adler: Everything you need to know By Rebecca Stratton While it may seem as though there has been a flurry of restructuring activity in the news and in the courts over the last few months, in...
10/23/2024 3:10:35 PM Liquidators' application derailed as court finds documents not "reasonably required" By Hannah Hooper In a rare judgment[1], the court has dismissed an application made by joint liquidators for disclosure and delivery up of all information...
10/23/2024 10:35:56 AM Supreme Court’s Landmark Ruling in Tindall v. Thames Valley Police: Redefining Duty of Care in Negligence Law By Joel Leigh Jim Fairlie On 23 October 2024, the Supreme Court (SC) handed down judgment in the appeal case of Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police....
10/23/2024 8:06:51 AM Policing directors' conduct: The role of BHS in the development of Sequana By Vernon Dennis In June this year, the largest ever wrongful trading award was made (£6.5m per director). This was followed in August by the largest...
10/10/2024 10:07:41 AM Wagatha Christie: The Costs Trap By Robyn Watson While cost management is an everyday feature of modern commercial litigation, it was unusual to see the humble Precedent H splashed...