Lexis®PSL Dispute Resolution weekly highlights—8 October 2015

Table of contents

• Guide to the Financial list published
• Headlines (News updates & analysis)
• Court of Appeal—summary judgment
• Court of Appeal—limitation and professional negligence
• Defending claims in restitution—change of position defence
• Conditional fee arrangements—assignment and novation
• Limitation—concealment
• Contractual interpretation
• Varying freezing orders
• Jurisdiction clauses—previous judgments are simply signposts

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Article summary

Welcome to the weekly highlights from the Lexis®PSL Dispute Resolution team for the week ending 8 October 2015. This week’s edition includes a feature on the Guide to the Financial List, which was published on 2 October. We also highlight our analysis of key court decisions on a broad range of topics, including: summary judgment (Optaglio); limitation and professional negligence (Blakemores); defending restitution claims (T&L Sugars); varying freezing orders (Tidewater); assigning conditional fee arrangements(Jones); jurisdiction (Global Maritime and Panagaki); and, service and estoppel (Edray). As usual, we’ve also identified some of the content we’ve updated this week to reflect recent decisions and developments. All this, and more, in our weekly highlights.