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This article considers the consequences for financial institutions and their insurers of the recent decision in Property Alliance Group Limited v Royal Bank of Scotland PLC , which saw a claim for legal advice privilege by the defendant bank rejected in part.
We are seeing a rising number of legacies which are being disputed on a variety of grounds. Charity trustees must walk a delicate tightrope between ensuring funds they are genuinely entitled to are received, and not being seen as overly hard nosed or money-grabbing.
The recent county court decision in Canada Square Operations v Kinleigh Folkhard & Hayward gives guidance on limitation issues in the context of claims against valuers.
Limitation in trustee claims can be complex. On 28 February 2018 the Supreme Court published its judgment in Burnden Holdings (UK) Limited v Fielding . We look at the effect of this decision.
We outline the key issues that arise for so called “blended families” in England & Wales - those where children are being brought up in families with step-parents and step or half siblings - and the options available to those families to formalise their relationships, such as parental responsibility agreements and adoption.
A record of your digital assets, which is made available to your executors after your death, will provide your executors and beneficiaries with the information they will need in order to realise your digital assets with minimal risk.
An insurance law update. The pragmatic construction and rectification of documents – Lord Hoffman's last hurrah!
What will the decision mean for your business, and what do you need to do going forward to make sure you comply with the law.
Just how far must a solicitor go when advising their client in a transactional context?
We report on the recent Supreme Court decision of BPE Solicitors v Gabriel, in which the liability of a trustee in bankruptcy for costs awarded prior to bankruptcy was considered.
We provide an overview of the April 2013 amendments to the NEC Engineering and Construction suite of contracts.
We look at the Supreme Court’s decision in Versloot on fraudulent devices or collateral lies.