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12 March 2015

Legal update: disproportionate costs on a detailed assessment

Where disproportionate costs had been claimed in relation to interim applications, the costs likely to be recoverable on a detailed assessment were assessed conservatively.

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. 

19 February 2015

Legal update: the investors had no claim against the solicitors for breach of fiduciary duty or restitution for unjust enrichment

The appellant firm of solicitors (B) appealed a decision that it had breached its fiduciary duty as a trustee. The respondents (C) had invested in a property investment scheme operated by a single purpose company (X). The offering documents consisted largely of two emails from X. C paid the investment monies into B's client account. B acted for X. B used most of the money to reduce X's short-term bank borrowing. 

16 February 2015

Do you want your money back?

Almost every day over the last couple of weeks there have been news stories about frauds – whether it’s a vulnerable person being defrauded of their life’s savings from their bank account or their pension fund or a company (or even a charity) being defrauded by its own employees.  Last week the news story was of a fraud committed by a so called ‘best friend’. 

Fiona Simpson

5 February 2015

Gordon Ramsay’s court room nightmare

The Chancery Division Judge Mr Justice Morgan recently refused to grant Gordon Ramsay a declaration that a personal guarantee for rent was not binding because his signature had allegedly been unlawfully obtained.

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