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In the recent case of Persimmon Homes Ltd and others v Ove Arup & Partners Ltd, the Court of Appeal confirmed that the contra proferentem rule, the rule requiring any ambiguity in an exclusion clause...

Welcome to the first edition of Field Fisher Waterhouse's Partnerships Update, the alerter that looks at the latest issues affecting those involved in managing partnerships, limited partnerships and LLPs.

The High Court has recently ordered a company director to pay damages to an investor.

A recent Note issued by a joint working party of the Law Society1 and the City of London Law Society has done much to increase confidence in the validity of electronic (or "e"-) signatures.

This will be welcome news to directors, as research shows that directors are twice as likely to be victims of identity fraud.

Employee ownership through an employee ownership trust ("EOT") is now established as a proven method of ownership within the architecture sector.

Auto-enrolment obligations were introduced from October 2012, and the overall effect is to make saving for retirement the default option for most workers.

There will be a number of significant changes to employment law over the next 12 months and beyond.

There has been much press coverage of the Supreme Court's decision to award a pension to the long-term partner of a member of Northern Ireland's Local Government Pension Scheme.

Following the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) 21-month investigation into the energy market, Ofgem's nearly two-year Retail Market Review, and considerable political spotlight on the energy market...

On 23 September 2015 the European Chemicals Agency ("ECHA") Board of Appeal ("BoA") annulled an ECHA decision which required an additional study as part of the substance evaluation of carbon tetrachloride.

On 21 February 2013, the European Parliament announced a provisional deal between MEPs and Council on proposed legislation for the safety of offshore oil and gas operations.

For the first time in its history, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has used its powers to order a listed company to compensate investors for market abuse.

Thursday 5 May will see England and Wales holding, for only the second time, ordinary elections for the 41 Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs).

The Procurement Act (Act), which was introduced into Parliament on 11 May 2022, ended its Parliamentary passage on 26 October with Royal Assent granted.

In Versloot Dredging the Supreme Court recently clarified what constitutes a fraudulent claim for the purpose of the Insurance Act 2015.

In the High Court of England and Wales, Mr Justice Arnold has held Mattel Inc's UK Registration for its three-dimensional "Scrabble Tile" to be invalid on the basis that it was not a sign, nor was it capable of graphical representation.