Mediate instead of Litigate?
With the prospect of court closures remaining an ever-real possibility now that Bo-Jo and His team of Advisers have imposed the ‘Rule of 6’ for public gatherings – disputing parties in Commerce, Contract, and Landlord and Tenant matters – must now seriously consider alternatives to dispute resolution.
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Latest Eviction News for Local Landlords!
It has been three weeks since the Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, put the ‘Cat amongst the pigeons’ for landlords by extending the moratorium on possession orders which in turn has led to the implementation of Practice Direction 55C (PD55C) in order to assist with the transition between the stay of possession claims and the resumption
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WANTED: The Reasonable Man
At some point he may have been introduced to you by your law firm: the reasonable man –the one from the Clapham omnibus. The reasonable man stands for an objectively measurable standard against which legal concepts have to be understood and tested. He appears to be someone like you and me, driven by common sense
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“On ya bike!” CJEU Tells UK Courts In Critical Copyright Case
In the past year or so there have been some interesting and significant developments in copyright law from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Brompton Bicycle Ltd v Chedech / Get2Get is the latest in this series of developments. Now I know what you’re thinking “but what about Brexit? EU copyright law
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Reaching the Age of Maturity – the New Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020
Don’t think that we are currently going through times of re-building and re-setting only. Parliament has speedily enacted a new, though long-awaited law providing for clear splits and cuts: the new Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020. We have explored its wider context to answer some questions that may spring to our reader’s minds:
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The Case of 2020: FCA Brings Test Case for Business Interruption Policies
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected businesses of all shapes and sizes in almost every industry. As a result, there are a substantial number of claims being made to insurers under the terms of business interruption (BI) insurance policies.
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A Panacea or Pandora’s Box? Peering through the keyhole of the new Corporate Governance and Insolvency Act 2020 c.12
If you were asked to summarise the new Insolvency Law in one single phrase you would possibly come up with something like ‘we are all in this together’ or ‘you will never walk alone’. The new Corporate Governance Insolvency Act 2020 is a remarkable exercise in pinpointing interdependencies, shared responsibilities, flexibilities and elasticities. Will it
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The Joys and Pains of the Right to Privacy – St (A minor) v Primary School
In April 2020, the High Court rendered an interesting judgement in the context of Data Protection and Privacy. The two claimants, a child having the Down Syndrome and the child’s mother, succeeded in proceedings against their former primary school for breach of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998), breach of the Human Rights Act
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The fatalities of being homebound – Covid-19 and the rise of domestic abuse
While some of us might even enjoy the privacy and seclusion imposed by Covid-19, for others social isolation might turn into devastating experiences with short- and long-term implications, including potentially irreparable costs to our society. Domestic abuse against children, partners and spouses during the pandemic has increased dramatically: Met officers across London reportedly made 4.093
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Redundancy and COVID-19 Key Considerations from the Employer’s Perspective– ‘’Cave Dico’’ (Latin: Employer Beware!)
On Sunday 10 May 2020, Bo-Jo made his infamous and ‘ground-breaking’ announcements for society’s rehabilitation ‘back to normalcy’ and Chancellor Rishi extended the government’s ‘Paid to Furlough’ scheme until at least September 2020; in the meantime the COVID-19 crisis has continued to ravage businesses, leaving extravagant disruption costs in its wake and aftermath. Businesses and
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