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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
7 December 2015
A director must exercise his/her powers only for a proper purpose
Many obligations are imposed on directors in exercising their duties. A recent decision of the Supreme Court provides that when exercising your powers as a director you must always consider the actual purpose for which you propose to exercise those powers and ensure that purpose is proper. It is not sufficient simply for directors to act honestly to promote the success of the company for the benefit of its members as a whole.
27 October 2015
Fun and games, but not a sport - judicial review action determines bridge’s status
The courts appear to have intervened in the age old discussion as the English Bridge Union (“the Union”) lost its fight against Sport England in the High Court recently.
26 October 2015
How to make Litigation simpler and more cost effective
The Court has recently implemented the “Shorter and Flexible Trial Schemes” to make business litigation more expeditious, simpler and more cost effective. These Schemes will be piloted for two years from October 2015 in the Commercial Court, the Technology and Construction Court, the Chancery Division and the London Mercantile Court. A new Practice Direction – 51N – spells out these Schemes.
1 September 2015
Mediation: The question is not if, but when
Refusing to engage with ADR has significant risks, irrespective of merits or another party's conduct, warn Richard Foss and Katherine Pymont.
12 March 2015
Can a real estate agent be an arbitrator?
In the case of Crowther v Rayment [2015] EWHC 427 (Ch) it was held amongst other things an agent involved with the management of the property could not act in a judicial capacity as arbitrator.