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HHJ Tindal (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) dismissed a claim by a leaseholder based upon allegedly negligent advice given to her in connection with forfeiture proceedings in 2012–13.

Earlier this year, Butcher J handed down the judgment of the Commercial Court in the extraordinary case of Contax Partners Inc BVI v Kuwait Finance House and Ors [2024] EWHC 436 (Comm)...

England and Wales are implementing a digital-first approach to possession proceedings through new Online Procedure Rules, set to launch in pilot form in July 2026. Will this transformation of traditional County Court litigation truly deliver faster, cheaper justice, or simply add another layer of procedural complexity to an already overburdened system?

The Court of Appeal upheld that proprietary estoppel requires showing substantial net detriment, balancing non-financial disadvantages against financial benefits, and affirmed the trial judge's assessment of detriment is difficult to challenge on appeal.

The TCC, Commercial Court and Chancery Divisions of the High Court already have established Early Neutral Evaluation provisions, often judge-led.

Goodmans concerned an appeal brought by Goodmans Autos Limited on the basis that the judge at first instance was wrong to dismiss its claim against Maverstone Properties Limited and Byoot Develop Limited for:

Once upon a time, as a matter of public policy, a transaction affected by illegality could not be relied upon as enforceable.

The Court was seized with a claim by a start-up bank for an injunction to protect information alleged to be confidential by reason of its creation during the defendant, solicitor's retainer...

In case, like many of us, you cannot keep up with the spate of changes to the special account rate, the below grid summarises the latest changes, the most recent of which seems to have gone...

On 28 August 2025 the Court of Appeal handed down its hotly anticipated judgment in the case of PMC concerning the making of anonymity orders in personal injury cases.

The Court of Appeal's decision in Turner v Coupland clarifies the scope of solicitor-client assessments under the Solicitors Act 1974, determining that disputes over after-the-event insurance commissions cannot be resolved through these proceedings. While solicitors successfully argued that ATE premium commission questions fall outside assessment jurisdiction, the court emphasized their fiduciary duty to disclose such information when asked...

In Woodger v Hallas [2022] EWHC 1561 (QB), Mr Justice Knowles heard the Defendant's appeal regarding the issue of ‘substantial injustice'.

You are fortunate enough to own a house on a large plot of land and wish to realise some of its value by dividing it in two and building another house.

Peter Petts considers whether a demand for rent should be treated with the same strictness as accepting rent when it comes to the right to forfeit a lease.

A recent Upper Tribunal decision clarifies whether income from guest suite bookings in retirement developments should be credited to service charges when management transfers to a right to manage company. The case examines lease construction principles and the treatment of facility usage fees in residential blocks.

Joshua Griffin discusses the Government's response to the Law Commission's project on Updating the Land Registration Act 2002.

When tasked with writing an article to mark International Men's Day 2021, I confess that I initially struggled for a topic.

At the ICWA garden party in June 2025 Lady Simler's keynote address contained a powerful call to action. She invited us to think about and engaged with the sponsorship of talented individuals.