Dispute Resolution

In one of the first cases to be heard under the Defamation Act 2013, the High Court has awarded £444,000 in damages to the online marketing and advertising company, ReachLocal UK Ltd (ReachLocal) who fell victim to a defamatory campaign led by rivals on the “dark side”, Your Online Digital Agency Ltd (Yoda). With a […]

In May last year I wrote a blog summarising the judgment of the High Court in the much publicised judicial review claim regarding the remains of Richard III. On 26 March 2015 Richard III will be reinterred at Leicester Cathedral in a ceremony that is anticipated to be ‘fit for a king’. Although the pageantry […]

The duty of care owed by surveyors/valuers to their clients was recently considered by the High Court in the case of Freemont (Denbigh) Limited –v- Knight Frank LLP. The case involved a valuer employed by Knight Frank who had been instructed by Freemont to provide a valuation of a plot of land for the purposes of […]

The Court of Appeal has held that the duty of an accountant is limited to the terms of their retainer. In the case of Mehjoo –v- Harben Barker (a firm) & Anor, which involved a claim for professional negligence, it was held that a firm of accountants who gave general tax advice did not have […]

In August last year I blogged about how the global superstar and renowned fashion icon Rihanna successfully brought a claim against the parent company of clothing retailer giant Topshop over a T-shirt bearing her image. The case, Fenty – v – Arcadia, was the first successful celebrity case of its kind. The three Judges in […]

Gordon Ramsay yesterday lost a long running Court case in which he claimed he was not liable to pay alleged outstanding rent payments. Ramsay, well known for his string of outspoken cooking programmes, had issued proceedings seeking a declaration that his signature on a lease (which purported to personally guarantee the obligation to pay rent) […]

Over recent years the treatment of a bankrupt’s pension has sparked mass academic debate within the insolvency market, while the Courts have attempted to deal with the issue and interpret multiple conflicting statutes. In the case of Re X (Application for Income Payments Order) [2014] the Court was tasked with making a decision regarding a […]

Directors are trusted with a substantial amount of confidential information about their company. Information can be communicated and accessed in many different forms and it can therefore be difficult to control especially if a director leaves a company. So what does happen to confidential documentation when a director leaves a company? In the case of […]

On 3 November this year, one of the longest-running adventures of famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes was finally put to rest. Holmes is surely among the most famous and popular characters in the literary canon, a fact that was apparent to writers other than creator Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle even while he was still alive. French author […]

The Government recently confirmed that it has no plans to extend the insolvency exemption to the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO). Earlier this year, R3 (Association of Business Recovery Specialists) wrote at great length on the losses creditors may face if the exemption came to an end.  Nevertheless, Justice Minister […]

The recent case of R3 Products Ltd v James R Salt [2014] UKUT 0333 (LC) acts as a reminder for all tenants to carefully consider their liability for business rates before they take occupation of a commercial property and not make the assumption that they will not be liable for business rates until such time […]

The world’s largest social media network, Facebook, is suing leading global law firm DLA Piper (along with other law firms) who represented Paul Ceglia in a previous claim where he alleged he was entitled to an 84% share of Facebook. Facebook was launched in February 2004 out of a Harvard University dorm room and is […]