Devonshires

9/11/2025 4:00:21 PM

What is the future of parametric in the face of climate change?

By Stephen Netherway

Climate risk continues to dominate the market’s agenda. Temperatures keep climbing – 2024 was confirmed as the hottest year on record –...

9/11/2025 2:45:16 PM

How lawyers can support insurers’ profitability in a softening market

By Stephen Netherway

As RVS2025 begins in Monte Carlo, the industry mood is clear: the market may be softening. But to be precise, this isn’t a return to the...

8/29/2025 9:14:45 AM

Ardmore Construction Limited enters administration

By Will O'Brien Jim Varley

Public court records confirm that Ardmore Construction Limited (ACL) filed a formal notice of appointment of administrators yesterday, 28...

8/21/2025 1:16:58 PM

No Backdoor, No Break-In: Why the UK backed down in privacy row against Apple

By Danielle Atkinson

The US director of national intelligence says the UK has withdrawn its request to access all Apple users' data when required. The UK...

8/20/2025 9:59:06 AM

Corporate Crackdown: New Prosecution Guidance Ahead of "Failure to Prevent Fraud" Offence

By Avary Patutama Matthew Garbutt David Pack

The UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Serious Fraud Office (SFO) updated guidance on corporate prosecutions serves as a timely...

7/16/2025 4:30:05 PM

Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation: Can the National Audit Drive Real Change?

By Nikki Bowker

Baroness Casey's National Audit on Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (the Audit) was commissioned by the Government in...

7/9/2025 8:49:32 AM

Whose property is it anyway? High Court refuses to make a vesting order where company dissolved

By Will O'Brien Rosemary Pijper

When an English company is dissolved whilst still owning assets, those assets (normally a property) vest in the Crown. Where a freehold...

7/7/2025 10:17:39 AM

Safe as houses? Not anymore – the legal reality of modern property fraud

By Nikki Bowker

Fraudsters view properties as attractive assets to target and are increasingly exploiting system weaknesses and technological...

7/3/2025 8:58:11 AM

Health and Safety Update: Work-Related Fatalities Statistics Published

By Yaasica Hamilton-Haye

The Health and Safety Executive has published annual statistics in relation to work-related fatal injuries, including asbestos-related...

6/30/2025 10:42:54 AM

Fraud’s new frontline: Why civil litigators are thinking criminal

By Michael Lewis

The traditional divide between civil and criminal enforcement is blurring, particularly in complex fraud cases. With public agencies...

6/27/2025 1:24:45 PM

Beyond the Fine Print: Are Penalty Clauses Enforceable?

By Prateek Sharma Michael Lewis Will O'Brien

English law recognises the autonomy of contracting parties, subject to some exceptions in terms of consumer contracts and tenancy...

6/27/2025 10:39:35 AM

Special Administration Regimes: Pressure Builds as Intervention Risk Deepens for Thames Water

By Rosemary Pijper

When a company does not have enough assets to meet its debts, or is unable to pay its debts when they fall due, its directors may decide...

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