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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
13 October 2023
Disputing a will of an illiterate testator
A will dispute in the High Court concerning an illiterate testator has received a lot of media attention recently. The deceased’s three eldest children are said to be contesting his will on the basis that it was a mistake that they had been disinherited because their father could not have read his will.
6 October 2023
Contentious Trust and Probate Summer Round-Up 2023
This contentious trust and probate litigation summer round-up provides a summary of a cross-section of reported decisions handed down in the courts of England and Wales in the period June 2023 - September 2023.
26 September 2023
Should insolvency practitioners be concerned by the supreme court’s latest decision regarding the enforceability of litigation funding agreements?
In a highly anticipated decision on July 26, 2023, the UK Supreme Court ruled that litigation funding agreements (LFAs), where a litigation funder gets a portion of the damages awarded to the claimant, are considered damages-based agreements (DBAs) under the Courts and Legal Services Act 190 ("CLSA").
31 July 2023
Civil Fraud Quarterly Round-Up: Q2 2023
This quarterly civil fraud update provides a summary of reported decisions handed down in the courts of England and Wales in the period of April - June 2023.
28 July 2023
The Supreme Court has clarified banks’ obligations in relation to Quincecare duty
The Supreme Court decision in Philipp v Barclays Bank UK Plc, handed down earlier this month, has prompted reams of legal commentary, as is to be expected for a judgment from our highest court.
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