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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued a final infringement notice to TICKETBIS S.L., trading as StubHub UK. The notice found that the...
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has published a policy paper outlining plans to introduce mandatory due diligence...
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has announced a £50 million Critical Minerals Programme to strengthen the UK’s supply of critical...
Arbitration analysis: The Commercial Court dismissed a section 69 appeal against an arbitral award that granted charterers contract/market damages...
Fiduciary DutiesWho is a fiduciary?There is no comprehensive list of the relationships which give rise to the existence of fiduciary duties under...
RepudiationThis Practice Note concerns repudiation and sets out what a repudiatory breach of contract means. It explains how a repudiatory breach goes...
If a contract’s actual date and effective date are different, is the effective date enforceable?For the purposes of this Q&A we have assumed this...
Agent and principal relationships with third partiesThis Practice Note deals with the relationships arising between principals, agents and third...
What is the ‘order with obligation to pay’ button?What are the obligations regarding this order button?The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, SI 2013/3134 (the Consumer Contract Regulations) set out a number of obligations for distance contracts
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
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