5/21/2025 2:38:41 PM Supreme Court publishes decision on URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd By James King Will O'Brien Story so far… URS was the structural engineer for BDW in relation to residential tower blocks that were developed between 2005 and 2012. ...
4/25/2025 9:01:16 AM Act Fast or Face Prosecution: SFO’s New Corporate Guidance By Matthew Garbutt The Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") has issued new SFO External Guidance on Corporate Co-Operation and Enforcement in relation to Corporate...
4/9/2025 11:09:43 AM Construction industry remains susceptible to insolvencies By Karen Morean Recent industry news makes for worrying reading as insolvencies within the construction industry continues. A recent report by the...
3/13/2025 9:09:58 AM Adverse Possession: 10 years immediately preceding or any 10 years? By Zoe McLean-Wells Lucy Vannet The Supreme Court recently published its landmark judgment in the case of Brown (Respondent) -v- Ridley and Another (Appellants) which...
1/15/2025 4:57:40 PM Landmark decision confirms historical Building Safety claims can to go to adjudication By Mark London Kathryn Kligerman The ruling in BDW Trading Limited v Ardmore Construction Limited (2024) is critically important as it has confirmed the wide scope of...
12/19/2024 11:25:14 AM Spotlight on reporting privilege By Pauline Lépissier On 13 December 2024, the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment in Iqbal v Geo TV [2024] EWCA Civ 1566 considering in some detail the...
12/11/2024 10:40:04 AM Top Tips: handling negative press By Nikki Bowker It is easy to think of recent examples of people/organisations handling negative press poorly, in a way that has served only to worsen...
12/4/2024 9:35:34 AM Litigation & Dispute Resolution Brief - December 2024 By Nikki Bowker The first issue of our Litigation & Dispute Resolution Brief is now live. There is a focus on both civil and criminal fraud, given the...
11/8/2024 2:01:35 PM Clock ticking on the "Failure to Prevent Fraud" Offence By Matthew Garbutt "Preparing "reasonable procedures" is now essential for businesses to mitigate risk under the new offence - proactive steps today will...
9/19/2024 12:37:19 PM The Procurement Act 2023 – shining a spotlight on supplier poor performance By Nikki Bowker The new Act places a spotlight on supplier poor performance in a number of ways: Lower threshold in respect of poor performance to...
9/18/2024 10:06:15 AM The road to compulsory mediation By Pauline Lépissier From 1st October 2024, a set of changes to the Civil Procedure Rules will expressly provide that, in appropriate cases, the court may...
8/30/2024 3:38:35 PM Arbitration Bill – progress so far and key takeaways By Pauline Lépissier Prateek Sharma Journey so far Last year, after a lengthy period of consultation, the Law Commission of England and Wales published its report positing...