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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a proposed decision to designate Microsoft as having strategic market status (SMS) in...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has updated its veterinary services market investigation case page and published guidance and a compliance...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a blog post outlining its results and priorities 18 months after the introduction of its...
This week's edition of Commercial weekly highlights includes: a Court of Appeal decision in Rasmala Trade Finance Fund v Trafigura PTE dismissing an...
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 is...
Agent and principal relationships with third partiesThis Practice Note deals with the relationships arising between principals, agents and third...
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 point
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
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