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  • 05 September 2017
  • Construction

How to avoid construction payment disputes

Payment disputes continue to be one of the most common problems in the construction industry, and we have published numerous articles on the key court decisions that affect the interpretation of payment provisions
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  • 05 September 2017
  • Construction

Payment in Construction Contracts – What’s new?

Payment provisions are an industry “hot topic” and the wave of litigation since the 2009 amendments to the Construction Act remains relevant. If you would like a reminder of the principles to follow when applying for or making payment, then see our previous articles here and here.
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  • 04 September 2017
  • Employment

Tribunal fees: should you prepare for a deluge of claims and what happens next?

It has been a tumultuous few years for the Conservative party and the recent Supreme Court ruling has added to the party’s list of woes. The government will now have to repay £32m to parties following the Court’s unanimous decision that the tribunal fee regime was unlawful.
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  • 31 August 2017
  • Corporate and M&A

Directors’ & Officers’ Liability Insurance

We are often asked by directors (both exec and non-exec) of clients about whether their company should have D & O liability insurance in place, and what it does and does not cover.
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  • 17 August 2017
  • Construction

The pitfalls of a sole director company

If the director shareholder of a small company, were to unexpectedly die the company may be in a vacuum.
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  • 11 August 2017
  • Employment

Tribunal Fees: Resurrecting rejected claims?

The Supreme Court decision on 26 July 2017 that Employment Tribunal fees were unlawful was expected to have wide-ranging repercussions

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  • 11 August 2017
  • Litigation and dispute resolution

Pre-winding up settlement with director set aside

For a short time, Officeserve Technologies Limited (OTL) made a big impact in the ‘lunch at work’ market. Its director and majority shareholder, CAM, oversaw a rapid expansion to an estimated value of £40 million. However, OTL was unable to pay the instalments due on two businesses it had acquired and in October 2016 was served with a winding-up petition.

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  • 08 August 2017
  • Privacy and Data Protection

Data protection laws give individuals more control over personal data

Details of the Data Protection Bill were revealed yesterday. The Government announced that the new laws will provide people with more control over how their personal information is used and ensure that people can withdraw consent to use their data just as easily as they can grant it.
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  • 07 August 2017
  • Commercial Real Estate

Protected Business Leases: Tenant Rights and Obligations

A 'Protected Lease' is a lease that has the benefit of security of tenure under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (“the 1954 Act”).

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  • 07 August 2017
  • Construction

Are your contractual design obligations fit for purpose?

The Supreme Court ruling in Mt Højgaard v E.On last week held that a “fitness for purpose” obligation in a schedule to a construction contract should be given its natural meaning and effect, so confirming an earlier decision of the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) that there was a fitness for purpose obligation which required the contractor to produce foundations which would last for 20 years. Separately, in July another TCC decision in 125 OBS (Nominees 1) Ltd v Lend Lease Construction (Europe) Ltd concerning the relationship between general and specific design obligation in a specification held that...
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  • 18 July 2017
  • IP and Commercial

Diamonds are not a Commercial Agent’s best friend

The Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 provide important rights for commercial agents who sell or negotiate the sale or purchase of goods on behalf of others, including the right to receive compensation or an indemnity on termination of the agency relationship.

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  • 17 July 2017

How SMEs fit in the new world order

In spite of political uncertainty and slowing global trade, it has never been a better time to be a small business.Adapting to rapid change in a disruptive market is far easier for SMEs, and successful ones often have specialist niches and low fixed overhead.
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