2 mins
13 Mar 2026
Litigation cases review – March 2026
We've pulled together a few recent court decision that may be of interest.
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9 mins
13 Mar 2026
Spy games in the Family Court: Recording the professionals
This article follows Spy games in the Family Court: The rise of covert recordings, which explored the covert recording of children in family proceedings.
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9 mins
13 Mar 2026
AI chatbots, LLMs and the risk of losing privilege: Lessons from the US
AI chatbots and large language models (LLMs) are now routinely used to draft, summarise and analyse documents by clients and lawyers. But their convenience comes with real privilege risks.
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5 mins
13 Mar 2026
A gateway closes – Adcamp LLP and substituting defendants
A claimant issues a claim at the end of the limitation period, only to realise after limitation has expired that it has pursued the wrong party. In what circumstances will the court permit the claimant to substitute the correct defendant party for the wrongly named one?
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6 mins
11 Mar 2026
Valuation Tribunal reduces Natural History Museum’s rateable value to £1: A landmark decision for national museums
The Valuation Tribunal for England has issued a significant decision for the museum sector, ruling that the Natural History Museum (NHM) should have a nominal rateable value of £1 in the 2017 Rating List, effective from 1 April 2017.
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5 mins
09 Mar 2026
PFAS and property: Key actions for General Counsel
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have become a focal point of regulatory, environmental, and public concern across the UK. Recent developments, including the investigation into potential PFAS contamination at Thornton‑Cleveleys, Lancashire, highlight the scale and complexity of the challenge. So widespread has been the use of PFAS in industry, that estimates suggest there could be between 2,900 and 10,200 high risk PFAS sites in the UK.
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5 mins
06 Mar 2026
Medical treatment cases: No carve out for ‘clinical decisions’ says Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Townsend v Epsom and St Helier provides that any decision about the medical treatment of a mentally incapacitated adult, including the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, must be taken in the patient’s best interests – and so clinicians are not allowed to make a unilateral decision to refuse to provide treatment without going to Court if there is a dispute. It is then for the Court, not the clinicians to determine best interests.
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15 mins
05 Mar 2026
The insurance consequences of the Iran war
This briefing considers the insurance consequences of the Iran war across key classes of business, including property, marine, aviation, political violence, political risk/trade credit and travel insurance, with a particular focus on the coverage disputes that are likely to arise as claims develop.
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6 mins
05 Mar 2026
Supreme Court recognises lost years claims for child claimants and invites reconsideration of Pickett
Until recently, child claimants with a reduced life expectancy had been prevented from recovering pecuniary damages for lost years as set out in Croke v Wiseman (1982). The Supreme Court case of CCC v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2026) has overruled this approach.
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4 mins
05 Mar 2026
CMA launches market study into private dentistry
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today launched its market study into private dentistry in the UK, including preventative, clinically necessary and cosmetic dental treatments. The study will review whether this market is working well for consumers.
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2 mins
03 Mar 2026
CMA announces investigation into hotel sector data sharing practices
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced a formal investigation into Hilton, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Marriott, and CoStar, the owner of the hotel data analytics tool STR. The CMA is examining whether these businesses shared competitively sensitive information through STR and potentially facilitated coordination between rival hotel operators.
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2 mins
03 Mar 2026
Should the law set a minimum age for children to access social media, AI chatbots and certain addictive features of modern technology?
Alcohol, cigarettes, getting behind a wheel of a car, signing up for military service. The law draws a line and sets a minimum age. Do you think it should do the same for social media, AI chatbots and certain addictive features of modern technology?
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