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Alison Padfield

Barrister

Alison Padfield QC is a commercial barrister at 4 New Square & author of Insurance Claims, 4th edition, 2016 (a.padfield@4newsquare.com; https://www.4newsquare.com/barristers/alison-padfield/)

Barrister

Alison Padfield QC is a commercial barrister at 4 New Square & author of Insurance Claims, 4th edition, 2016 (a.padfield@4newsquare.com; https://www.4newsquare.com/barristers/alison-padfield/)

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Alison Padfield QC & Diarmuid Laffan analyse the obligations of SIPP providers

​Alison Padfield QC looks at cyber insurance in the light of the GDPR and asks: what is it, and who needs it?

Sophie Belgrove & Alison Padfield examine the Court of Appeal’s approach to solicitors’ duties under a limited retainer

Sophie Belgrove & Alison Padfield examine commercial agents

Alison Padfield considers the limits on the freedom to choose a lawyer

Fraud in insurance & fraud on insurers: a distinction without a difference, ask Alison Padfield & Sam Nicholls

Alison Padfield explains why legal clarity & coherence trumped fairness in Scullion

Scullion provides some lessons in law & life for the buy-to-let market, says Alison Padfield

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions

NEWS
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Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes
Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales
The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber
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