The developing law of privacy in the UK
14/7/2015 | Blogs & Articles
Privacy and private information has been a rapidly expanding area of UK law for the past decade and a half, gradually recognising and affording...
Read MoreTrustees in bankruptcy need to know extent of any personal liability before taking office
3/7/2015 | Blogs & Articles
In a Judgment handed down in June 2015 in the case of BPE Solicitors and another v Gabriel [2015] UKSC 39, a Trustee in Bankruptcy sought direction...
Read MoreSection 69 almost 20 years on…
25/6/2015 | Blogs & Articles
When the English Arbitration Bill was being debated in early 1996, a controversial issue considered was whether to retain a right of appeal on a...
Read MoreConfidentiality and privilege in a regulatory context
16/6/2015 | Blogs & Articles
An interlocutory judgement relating to disclosure and privilege handed down by the High Court last week is the first of its kind in providing some...
Read MoreThe English Courts come to the aid of successful claimants in arbitrations
1/5/2015 | Blogs & Articles
The freezing injunction (also known as the Mareva injunction) has been a central feature in English litigation for several decades now, along with...
Read MoreLIBOR Claims: a Silver Bullet or a Nuclear Assault?
1/5/2013 | Blogs & Articles
Of crucial importance to potential claimants is whether they have recourse in respect of unprofitable bargains contaminated by LIBOR manipulation,...
Read MoreContractual Estoppel – Testing the Banks’ Position
1/11/2011 | Blogs & Articles
At the end of August 2011, Sky News reported that an undercover investigation by its journalists had discovered evidence that high street banks had...
Read MoreRegime change in North Africa & the Middle East: capital flight litigation
3/3/2011 | Blogs & Articles
The Egyptian government formally requests international governments to freeze the assets of Hosni Mubarak’s cabinet; the UK’s Serious Organised...
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