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Lafarge convictions: a landmark moment in corporate criminal accountability
Louise Hodges
25 November 2016
Legal Update: Bolam test considered in professional negligence claim against financial advisor
O’Hare v Coutts & Co [2016] EWHC 2224 (QB)
This case is of importance for specialists in the professional negligence field as it provides some clarity on the distinction between offering competent financial advice and the law on using sales techniques to persuade clients to take risks.
18 August 2016
Everything must go?
The benefits of a publicly owned Land Registry should not be underestimated by solicitors, regardless of specialism, writes Mary Young
15 June 2016
Legal Update: Landlords’ successful appeal in clawing back lion’s share of costs serves as note of caution to tenants
Sinclair Gardens Investments (Kensington) Ltd v (1) Paul Kenneth Charles Wisbey (2) Lesley Barbara Mary Wisbey [2016] UKUT 203 (LC)
19 May 2016
Out with the old and in with the new: The Insurance Act 2015 modernising 100 year old rules of insurance law
The Insurance Act 2015 (the “Act”) received Royal Assent on 12 February 2015 and comes into force on 12 August 2016.
A reform of the insurance law regime is long overdue as the main piece of legislation that still forms the basis of British insurance law (the Marine Insurance Act 1906) was passed when Edward VII was on the throne. The times, and the British insurance market, have changed somewhat in the intervening years. The Insurance Act 2015 is intended to bring the law up-to-date to fit the modern insurance market.
17 May 2016
Legal Update: Court considers dismissed bankruptcy petition following party’s misleading conduct
Varden Nuttal Ltd v Michelle Louise Baker (2016)
It was decided that a bankruptcy order should have been made in circumstances where the debtor had misled the creditors when agreeing and entering into an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (“IVA”).