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The Court of Appeal in CFL Finance Limited v Laser Trust & Gertner [2021] EWCA Civ 228 has ruled that a settlement agreement providing for an undisputed debt to be pa..
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In Motacus Constructions Limited v Paolo Castelli SPA, HHJ Hodge QC gave summary judgment to enforce an adjudicator’s decision pursuant to the Construction Act, despit..
The Court of Appeal has ruled that an $11 million Californian judgment cannot be enforced in England because the judgment was obtained in breach of a dispute resolutio..
The Supreme Court has provided a comprehensive judgment relating to s.32(1)(c) of the Limitation Act 1980
In a recent series of cases, the courts have considered the scope of the so-called Quincecare duty – or, in other words, the duty not to follow a customer’s instructio..
The fact that a breach of contract is the inevitable consequence of a parent company’s actions does not of itself give rise to the tort of inducing a breach of contrac..
Sir Michael Burton GBE handed down the court’s decision in De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited v SpiceJet Limited [2021] EWHC 362 (Comm) on 23 February 2021, award..
The court has struck out fraudulent misrepresentation claims brought by Leeds City Council and others against Barclays in connection with the ‘LIBOR rigging affair of ..
The High Court's recent judgment in Byers and others v Samba Financial Group [2021] EWHC 60 (Ch) addresses an important question in the law of knowing receipt.
Worldwide freezing orders (“WFOs”) are a crucial tool in the fight against fraud, as fraudsters will often move assets across multiple jurisdictions.
Sometimes a claimant knows (or thinks they know) a wrongdoing has happened but either they do not have the evidence to prove it or they don’t know the identity of the ..
The Supreme Court’s decision in Sevilleja v Marex Financial Ltd [2020] UKSC 31 of 15 July 2020 provided much needed clarity on the scope of the rule against “reflectiv..
Banks and other financial institutions selling financial products will inevitably owe their customers various duties.
The Brexit transition period ended on 31 December 2020. The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement addresses many aspects of the future UK-EU relationship (including ju..
In a recent judgment, the Commercial Court considered the extent to which the pandemic constitutes a material adverse effect (“MAE”) within the context of a sale and p..
In PJSC Tatneft v Bogolyubov and others [2020] EWHC 2437 (Comm), the English Court examined when a foreign lawyer’s advice is privileged from disclosure.