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A mortgage lender has been awarded £16m damages in a notable High Court third-party rights judgment, which applied the rarely-used Braganza test
Law firm Lewis Silkin has launched a fixed-cost/subscription-style commercial law product as part of its response to COVID-19
Does the recent affirmation that commercial litigation funders could face unlimited costs liability mark the effective end of the Arkin cap? Thomas Wingfield reports
Lawyers at City law firm RPC have called for a moratorium on petitions to wind up retail companies in order to contain COVID-19 disruption
The Equity Release Council modified its advice on safeguards for customers this week, in light of ongoing restrictions on social distancing
Insolvency lawyers have welcomed the government’s decision to suspend the wrongful trading law during the COVID-19 pandemic, but raised questions about preferential paying
Peter Vaines puts HMRC in the dock & expects the truth, the whole truth & nothing but the truth
Lawyers have predicted a growth in class actions in banking litigation this year as well as disputes concerning the replacement of LIBOR, the interest rate used when banks lend to each other, by SONIA
Getting personal: Peter Vaines reports on IR35 personal service companies
The ECJ has been advised to expand the scope for claims against cartelists to those indirectly affected. Audrey Dwyer reports
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

NEWS

NOTICE UNDER THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925

HERBERT SMITH STAFF PENSION SCHEME (THE “SCHEME”)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND BENEFICIARIES UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925
Law firm HFW is offering clients lawyers on call for dawn raids, sanctions issues and other regulatory emergencies
From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act
Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection
Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961
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