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...
6/26/2025 4:20:14 PM Who’s policing the platform? Platform liability and the rising tide of online fraud By Michael Lewis Online fraud is now the UK’s most common crime. And while victims once bore the brunt alone, attention is turning sharply toward the...
6/25/2025 3:15:42 PM Too Hot to Handle? Courtroom Heatwave Fails to Sway High Court Appeal By Danielle Atkinson Whilst we bask through a stretch of extreme hot weather in Britain, the following case seems rather fitting. A non-practising barrister...
6/25/2025 12:43:01 PM The Expanding Reach of Environmental Criminal Law By Michael Lewis Prateek Sharma Think breaching a Tree Preservation Order is just a planning issue? Think again. Environmental offences are no longer a side note in...
6/25/2025 11:00:41 AM Regulatory Wake Up Call: Information Commissioner Fines 23andMe £2.31m for Failing to Protect Genetic Data By Avary Patutama The Information Commissioner's Office ("ICO") has fined genetic testing giant 23andMe £2.31 million, citing “inadequate security...
6/25/2025 8:00:49 AM Energy Ombudsman Steps in to Support Small Businesses By Danielle Atkinson On 19 December 2024, the scope of the Energy Ombudsman’s remit expanded to include small businesses, a welcome move in a time when energy...
6/24/2025 3:49:09 PM Insurer, Zurich Insurance Plc ordered to pay Indemnity Costs to Devonshires clients due to “extraordinary behaviour” By Grace Williams Stephen Netherway In the judgment handed down 24 June 2025, Bellhouse & Anor v Zurich Insurance PLC [2025] EWHC 1551 (“Bellhouse 2”), which primarily...
6/24/2025 1:41:08 PM When Directors Get Burned: Liability for Corporate Misconduct Before and After Office By Michael Lewis Can a director be liable for misconduct that happened before they joined the board, or after they left it? The answer is yes,...