John de Waal KC features in two episodes of ‘Case Chasers: Unpacking UK Property law', hosted by Ian Quayle at The Legal Training Consultancy.

The appellants were underlessees of flats in a mansion block in Holland Park ("the Block"). They appealed against a declaration that they did not have a right to park on a private road adjacent...

Our Professional Liability Team host a Brew addressing the Building Safety Act 2022.

Dispute Resolution analysis: An application by the former administrators of a company for an increase in their remuneration has been dismissed, despite the Court concluding...

Dispute Resolution analysis: The High Court has adopted a flexible approach to the award of enhanced cost consequences in respect of a beaten Part 36 offer which represented...

Bolam test and Bolitho qualification.

Paula Leeson was married to Donald McPherson. In 2017, whilst the couple were in holiday, she drowned in a relatively shallow swimming pool.

This is the fifth webinar in our J2J Clinical Negligence Series.

This webinar series is a one stop shop for those new to clinical negligence practice and those practicing at the more junior levels.

Dispute Resolution analysis: A decision by a trial judge during the COVID-19 pandemic that a trial should proceed in the absence of a party who gave evidence...

Dispute Resolution analysis: The Court of Appeal has considered a further case in which a litigant has breached the embargo imposed on reserved judgments. In light of the nature of the breach in this case...

Welcome to the November 2021 edition of the Property Newsletter from Gatehouse Chambers. The heating is well and truly on, as are layers.

Dispute Resolution analysis: HHJ Pelling, the trial judge in a piece of commercial litigation in England has approved an order by which he was appointed a special examiner...

Dispute Resolution analysis: The Court of Appeal has rejected 40 years of "received wisdom" among company law practitioners and has held that a limitation period of either twelve or six years...

Dispute Resolution analysis: In a wide-ranging judgment determining a number of consequential matters following a VAT fraud claim, the Court has given useful guidance in relation to the treatment...

This is a judgment considering the applicable presumptions in relation to costs in the event of discontinuance.

Takhar v Gracefield Developments Ltd [2024] EWHC 1714 (Ch): Forgery in litigation can invalidate previous judgments and support new claims for unlawful means conspiracy. The case highlights the potential for issue estoppel and the necessity for a thorough, unbiased fact-finding approach

Dispute Resolution analysis: On appeal from a decision of a costs judge, Mr Justice Freedman has upheld a firm's practice of rendering final monthly bills (excluding disbursements)...

Property Disputes analysis: In Bratt v Jones, the Court of Appeal reaffirmed that to establish negligence against a valuer, the claimant must demonstrate both that the valuation fell outside the applicable...

Where a property has been transferred and the Council is now both covenantor and covenantee, but the covenants also benefit adjoining owners, can the Council execute...