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COVID-19, force majeure and frustration Premium Content

Key legal principles and industry implications
Patricia Robertson QC, Ben Lynch QC and Dr Deborah Horowitz, Fountain Court Chambers

08 May 2020 / Ben Lynch KC / Patricia Robertson KC / Dr Deborah Horowitz
COVID-19: Hospitality group action
A group action for tens of millions of pounds could be brought by the hospitality sector to hold insurance companies to account for policy payouts for losses arising from lockdown and COVID-19
28 April 2020
COVID-19: Protecting retailers
Safeguards for commercial tenants may need to be extended beyond the duration of COVID-19, lawyers have warned
28 April 2020
£16m award in ‘Braganza test’ dispute
A mortgage lender has been awarded £16m damages in a notable High Court third-party rights judgment, which applied the rarely-used Braganza test
26 April 2020
Lewis Silkin sets up fixed-cost commercial law service
Law firm Lewis Silkin has launched a fixed-cost/subscription-style commercial law product as part of its response to COVID-19
26 April 2020
A busted cap, third party funders & defence costs, where next? Premium Content
Does the recent affirmation that commercial litigation funders could face unlimited costs liability mark the effective end of the Arkin cap? Thomas Wingfield reports
22 April 2020 / Thomas Wingfield
COVID-19: Moratorium needed to protect the retail sector
Lawyers at City law firm RPC have called for a moratorium on petitions to wind up retail companies in order to contain COVID-19 disruption
15 April 2020
COVID-19: Rules modified for equity release
The Equity Release Council modified its advice on safeguards for customers this week, in light of ongoing restrictions on social distancing
05 April 2020
COVID-19: Company directors given breathing space
Insolvency lawyers have welcomed the government’s decision to suspend the wrongful trading law during the COVID-19 pandemic, but raised questions about preferential paying
30 March 2020
Taxing matters Premium Content
Peter Vaines puts HMRC in the dock & expects the truth, the whole truth & nothing but the truth
08 January 2020 / Peter Vaines
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NLJ this week: The hidden price of free software
Businesses incorporating open-source software into commercial products could face obligations to disclose valuable source code, with AI-assisted development making licensing risks harder to track
NLJ this week: When ignorance becomes dishonesty
Careless client checks do not automatically make a solicitor dishonest, but deliberately avoiding confirmation of suspected wrongdoing can cross the line
NLJ this week: Same fall, different claim
Construction workers injured in comparable accidents can face sharply different routes to compensation on opposite sides of the Atlantic
NLJ this week: Under pressure? Routes to redress
Victims of undue influence may have more options than simply unwinding a tainted transaction, with courts able to order profits accounts, compensation and, exceptionally, severance
NLJ this week: Liberty safeguards under strain
Disabled people could lose vital safeguards following the Supreme Court’s reversal of the Cheshire West test for deprivation of liberty, two barristers warn
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