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The Court of Appeal (Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, Underhill LJ and Nicola Davies LJ) has handed down judgment in these conjoined appeals about how proximity is interpreted in secondary victim cases, particularly those arising out of clinical negligence.

In this case the Court applied traditional constructive trust principles to disputed facts in order to determine whether a specific property came within the estate of a bankrupt.

In a judgment handed down on 13th March 2026 in the case of SGL1 Ltd v FSV Freeholders Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 267, John de Waal KC and Gemma de Cordova have overturned...

The Court of Appeal in SMIT Salvage BV v Luster Maritime SA [2024] EWCA Civ 260 has dismissed an appeal against the High Court's decision that no contract was agreed for the remuneration...

In McCulloch and others (Appellants) v Forth Valley Health Board (Respondent) (Scotland) [2023] UKSC 26, the Supreme Court considered which legal test should be applied to the assessment...

At-a-glance case summaries provided by the Gatehouse Chambers' Insolvency Team...

Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc and others v Textainer Group Holdings and others [2021] EWHC 2102 (Comm): Phillip Patterson takes a look at this case in which permission was granted to the insurer,...

The Court of Appeal examines whether fixed costs apply when a claimant accepts a Part 36 offer after a personal injury claim exits the Pre-action Protocol and is allocated to the multi-track.

This article reviews two professional negligence cases highlighting procedural pitfalls, including issues with claim form service deadlines and identifying the correct defendant, offering guidance on avoiding these mistakes.

The parties negotiated an oral agreement in March 2019 for the purchase by the Respondents of the Appellant's barn for the sum of £150,000.

The recent case of Clements-Siddall v Dunbobbin Hotels Limited [2023] EWCA Civ 1300 is a rare example of when a court has been prepared to allow an appeal on the basis that the Judge's...

Court based ADR hearings, where a judge attempts to assist parties to reach terms of settlement, are on the rise. This is a concept that has been around for some time but which appears to have been embraced with...

In Afan Valley Ltd (in Administration, acting by Robert Armstrong and Andrew Knowles as Joint Administrators) and 42 others v Lupton Fawcett LLP...

2025 promises significant change to the property law landscape. Let David Peachey be your right-land man (sorry!) so that navigating these changes will be a lease of cake (Really sorry! No more terrible puns – I promise).

The Court of Appeal has delivered judgment in the much-awaited Triathlon Homes LLP v Stratford Village Development and ors [2025] EWCA Civ 846, giving construction and property lawyers...

As we approach the two-year anniversary of the introduction of the extended fixed costs regime ("EFCR"), what better time to dig into the dry but important question of costs in possession claims?

Most leases (although by no means all) require payment of rent; this payment is usually treated as a condition...

This case commenced in the FTT in June 2014. Lina Mattsson has been instructed by the Respondent Lessee throughout and was led by Lesley Anderson QC in the Court of Appeal.