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The Court held that it was appropriate to grant an access order under section 1 of the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992. This was a dispute between two wealthy owners of properties in South Kensington...

Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (the Act), in force for nearly 70 years, gives most business tenants the valuable right to renew tenancies which would otherwise come...

Mr Justice Henshaw handed down judgment on 14 April 2021 in Toucan Energy Holdings Ltd v Wirsol Energy Ltd [2021] EWHC 895 (Comm), a substantive dispute begun in 2018 regarding the construction and sale of 19 solar parks ...

On 1 October 2022 the previously known ‘Disclosure Pilot Scheme' in Practice Direction 51U ("the Pilot Scheme") took effect permanently (in substantially the same form) as new Practice Direction 57AD ("PD 57AD").

A lasting impact of the pandemic appears to be the shift in travel behaviour towards increased use of e-scooters and bicycles

The Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of HHJ Paul Matthews striking out a claim on the basis that the loss claimed was reflective loss which could not be recovered.

Jasmine Murphy (instructed for the Defendant by Mark Woodall at Horwich Cohen Coghlan) successfully argued that a second action brought 19 months post-expiry of the limitation period...

This year we have been lucky enough to design and fit out our new office from scratch to coincide with a business name change (itself an act which factored our position on diversity and inclusion,...

This appeal arose in the context of long-running and complex dispute between the shareholders of Kings Solutions Group Limited ('the Company').

After a busy summer news cycle dominated by predictions of recession and soaring energy prices, employers might be tempted to think that talk of the Covid furlough scheme scandal is a thing of the past.

On 22 April 2026 at Winchester Crown Court the jury found Christopher Trybus not guilty of manslaughter, rape and controlling and coercive behaviour against his wife Tarryn.

Dispute Resolution analysis: This is a judgment in a highly unusual case in which, in order to avoid being liable for damages and costs on the discharge of an injunction she herself obtained...

On 16 September 2025, the Government introduced the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill – widely known as the Hillsborough Law – into Parliament.

Dispute Resolution analysis: The Divisional Court has rejected a number of legal arguments made on behalf of a litigant subject to a contempt application but nevertheless discharged the summons...

The very recent Court of Appeal decision in Tindall & Anor v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police & Anor [2022] EWCA Civ 25 clarifies when public authorities may owe a duty of care.

In that case, however, the question was not facetious but, rather, a serious legal one which determined the outcome of the dispute.

In summer 2021 a firm of solicitors (‘Candey') sent their clients (the ‘Boshehs') a settlement agreement for signature. It was a ‘drop hands' settlement with no costs order which meant Candey would be paid nothing under their CFA.

The Court of Appeal has looked at fatal accidents law twice recently making useful observations which can assist our understanding of the proper approach in two tricky areas.