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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
18 February 2025
Broker negligence and loss of chance – Norman Hay PLC v Marsh Ltd
The Court of Appeal (CA) recently handed down its judgment in Norman Hay PLC v Marsh Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 58 in which it dismissed the Defendant’s appeal concerning its application to strike out or summarily dismiss the Claimant’s claim, reaffirming that in cases of brokers’ negligence, the correct approach is to apply a loss of chance evaluation.
13 February 2025
Cross Practice Insights Part 2: Disputes About Parentage in Family and Succession Cases
Emotions can run high in legal disputes, particularly in cases involving succession and inheritance, as well as in a family context. In this blog we explore what happens when allegations are made about parentage (more often than not, paternity) and what can be done about it.
12 February 2025
Paradise, Poison Pills and Panic at the AGM: 1Globe Capital LLC v Sinovac Biotech Ltd.
Remember Sinovac Biotech Ltd (“Sinovac”)? They were one of the first pharma-companies to develop a Covid vaccine during the pandemic. But a few years before that breakthrough, the company faced a very different challenge.
On 16 January 2025, the Privy Council gave its judgment in 1Globe Capital LLC v Sinovac Biotech Ltd (Antigua and Barbuda) [2025] UKPC 3.
6 February 2025
Cross Practice Insights Part 1: Criminality in Estate Disputes
Over the past year there have been many headline grabbing articles in the press that demonstrate the relatively common place crossover between the criminal and civil law when dealing with disputes surrounding wills, probate, trusts and estate administration. These include the case of the law firm employee sentenced to four years in prison for siphoning charity donations from the estates of deceased individuals over a 13 year period, the case of Grierson v Grierson [2024] EWHC 3048 (Ch) where it was alleged that one of the deceased’s sons had forged his mother’s signature on a will and a deed of transfer, and a mother who stole her daughters inheritance from their late grandmother’s estate whilst acting as a trustee.
4 February 2025
The new Arbitration Bill and its impact
The government is aiming to update the Arbitration Act 1996 by passing the Arbitration Bill, intended to further solidify England and Wales as one of the premier hubs for arbitration against a backdrop of recent updates in competing jurisdictions.
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- Claims against banks
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- Court of Protection Disputes
- Cross-border litigation
- Defamation, privacy & reputation
- Fraud
- Restructuring & Insolvency
- Intellectual property claims
- Legal updates
- Litigation process
- Professional negligence
- Shareholder and Boardroom Disputes
- Wills, trusts and inheritance disputes