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DBA regulations not intended to regulate fees following early termination (Zuberi v Lexlaw)

DBA regulations not intended to regulate fees following early termination (Zuberi v Lexlaw)

The following Dispute Resolution news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on DBA regulations not intended to regulate fees following early termination (Zuberi v Lexlaw)

Retained EU law—a guide for the perplexed

Retained EU law—a guide for the perplexed

The following Banking & Finance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Retained EU law—a guide for the perplexed

Challenges to the validity of retained EU law

Challenges to the validity of retained EU law

The following Corporate Crime news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Challenges to the validity of retained EU law

Ambiguity defrosted? Court of Appeal clarifies ‘unambiguous impropriety’ exception to without prejudice privilege in freezing injunction context (Motorola v Hytera and Shortway)

Ambiguity defrosted? Court of Appeal clarifies ‘unambiguous impropriety’ exception to without prejudice privilege in freezing injunction context (Motorola v Hytera and Shortway)

Ambiguity defrosted? Court of Appeal clarifies ‘unambiguous impropriety’ exception to without prejudice privilege in freezing injunction context (Motorola v Hytera and Shortway)

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Rescission of a contract

Rescission of a contract

What is rescission of a contract?The remedy of rescission is available to a party whose consent, in entering into a contract, has been invalidated in...

CE-File—electronic filing and case management in the Rolls Building and other courts

CE-File—electronic filing and case management in the Rolls Building and other courts

This Practice Note looks at CE-File electronic working in the courts under CPR PD 51O, in the context of case management. It provides guidance on how...

Forum non conveniens—scope and application

Forum non conveniens—scope and application

This Practice Note considers the doctrine of forum non conveniens, also referred to as the appropriate forum or the proper place for a dispute to be...

Nuisance—establishing a claim for private nuisance

Nuisance—establishing a claim for private nuisance

Private nuisance—what situations can give rise to a claim?Private nuisance normally involves interference with the claimant’s enjoyment of their land,...

Practice notes

Unless orders

This Practice Note provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the relevant provisions of the CPR. Depending on the court in which your...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Tort claims—causation in law

In most torts, where a defendant breaches their duty towards the claimant, they are only liable if the claimant can establish that the breach in...
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Produced in partnership with Laurence Page of Hardwicke Chambers 12th Jan
Practice notes

Fixed costs—what are they?

This Practice Note considers fixed costs under Part 45 of the Civil Procedure Rules. For detailed guidance on capped costs in the Business and...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Making an additional claim under CPR 20—contribution and indemnity claims

This Practice Note provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the relevant provisions of the CPR. Depending on the court in which your...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Witness evidence—similar facts evidence

Similar facts evidence—meaning and the general positionOn occasion, evidence may exist that, for example, your client or opponent has behaved in a...
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9th Nov
Precedents

Drop-hands settlement offer—post issue of proceedings

[ON YOUR LETTERHEAD][WITHOUT PREJUDICE SAVE AS TO COSTS][Insert date][Insert name and address of other party’s solicitor]Dear [insert contact...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Loss of chance damages

This Practice Note considers in detail when damages for loss of a chance (loss of an opportunity damages) may be recoverable, with reference to the...
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Produced in partnership with Anneliese Day QC and Christopher Knowles of Fountain Court Chambers 12th Jan
Practice notes

Detailed assessment—default costs certificate

The default costs certificate procedure is not available in solicitor/client assessments (CPR PD 46, para 6.8).What is a default costs certificate?A...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Interest on judgment debts

This Practice Note provides guidance on claiming interest on judgment debts. For information on claiming interest when issuing a claim, see Practice...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

No deal Brexit—jurisdiction (UK and the Lugano Convention)

This Practice Note has been produced in partnership with Guy Pendell, Liz Williams and Kushal Gandhi of CMS.STOP PRESS: This Practice Note is under...
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9th Nov
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Practice notes

Restitution for unjust enrichment—elements of the claim

What is unjust enrichment and when is it used?A claim based on unjust enrichment is one which seeks to restore to an innocent party the gains that...
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9th Nov
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Practice notes

Service out of the jurisdiction—methods of effecting service

Coronavirus (COVID-19): if serving documents outside the jurisdiction, this may be affected by the impact of coronoavirus on the availability of both...
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Produced in partnership with Camilla McPherson 12th Jan
Practice notes

Contract interpretation—terms implied by custom and usage

Express and implied contractual terms distinguishedContractual terms may be either express or implied:•express terms—are terms which are actually...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Strike out—after a strike out order has been made

Coronavirus (COVID-19): The guidance detailing normal practice set out in this Practice Note may be affected by measures concerning process and...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Detailed assessment—interim and final costs certificates

What is an interim costs certificate?An interim certificate is a certificate ordered by the court at any time after the receiving party has filed a...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Nuisance—what are public and private nuisance claims?

Nuisance claims are recognised in the following way:•private nuisance—interference with the use/enjoyment of land causing injury•public nuisance—an...
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9th Nov

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Q&As

My co-director has stolen the company's contract—what can I do?

Your client is on the board of directors of company A, which has been working for the last six months to secure a lucrative distribution agreement...
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28th Nov

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Novation—why and how to novate a contract

There may be times when, rather than assigning the benefit of an agreement to a third party, the original parties wish instead to end their obligations to each other under that agreement and, in effect, recreate it, with the third party stepping into the shoes of one of the original parties. This is

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Third party rights—the common law doctrine of privity of contract

This Practice Note discusses the common law doctrine of privity of contract; the equitable and statutory exceptions to it; how the doctrine affects enforcing a contract against a third party and what happens when, notwithstanding the lack of privity, a contract has an indirect effect on a third

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Compulsory winding up of a company—the process and procedure

STOP PRESS: The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 contains provisions which, on a temporary basis (presently until 31 December 2020) impose significant limitations on the ability for a creditor to seek a winding-up order against a company. For further reading, see Practice Note: Corporate

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Letter to client on disclosure obligations under CPR 31

This Precedent letter covers disclosure obligations under CPR 31. It does not apply to proceedings subject to the disclosure pilot scheme under CPR PD 51U. For guidance on the disclosure pilot scheme, see Practice Note: Business and Property Courts—the disclosure pilot scheme. For a client letter on