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The directors of Avacade Ltd (Company) are to be disqualified as the court found that their conduct fell below the standard of probity and competence appropriate for the directors of the Company...

The Government's commitment to impose a new duty on employers to take "all reasonable steps" to prevent harassment in the workplace marks a new departure in discrimination law.

How can mental health services ensure that a patient’s physical health does not become secondary to their psychiatric care? That question sits at the heart of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body’s (HSSIB) latest report, published at the end of July, which examines the deterioration of a patient’s physical health while they were receiving care in a low secure mental health unit.

Sophie Burton-Jones discusses NHSX's Frontline Digitisation programme and the move towards an integrated care approach within the NHS and the foundational role of digital in Integrated Care Systems.

The Supreme Court has reversed a Court of Appeal decision in a landmark case involving a Russian judgment worth 2 billion roubles, settling whether creditors can present bankruptcy petitions based on unrecognised foreign judgments. This ruling establishes that foreign judgments create common law obligations constituting debts under the Insolvency Act 1986, though questions remain about when debtors can dispute such debts on public policy or fraud grounds.

The court considered whether it could make an order sanctioning a Part 26A restructuring plan ("Plan") where the company was incorporated in England to rely on the English court's jurisdiction to sanction a Plan.

The companies proposing the scheme were high interest rate lenders to individuals on low to moderate incomes.

The Court has recently upheld a refusal to validate payments to fund connected litigation where there was no evidence of a corresponding benefit to the bankruptcy proceedings.

The Part 26A scheme entailed breaking the landlords down into five separate classes depending on the profitability of the leases in a similar way to the categorisation of leases in a retail CVA.

As the Higher Education campus strives to re-position itself following the sweeping changes in campus learning driven by the Covid-19 pandemic, what are the technology solutions institutions...

This year has been a great one for sport: the return of Wimbledon, and the delayed Euros, Olympics and Paralympics; there have been many sports headlines that have kept the nation gripped and talking.

The defendants, registered owners of unoccupied commercial property, had incorporated SPVs, and granted leases of the properties to them.

Equitable Law Capital Limited (ELC) ran a legal redress scheme to fund claims against the mis-selling of bonds.

The UK government has delayed key provisions of the Employment Rights Act 2025, pushing back the requirement for employers to inform workers of their trade union rights from October 2026 to likely January 2027. Public sector outsourcing reforms have been removed from the implementation timeline entirely, though other October 2026 reforms remain on track.

Welcome to the second edition of our new look Private Affairs. We hope this online edition finds you and your loved ones safe and well as we start to see the new shoots of recovery and emerge from lockdown.

As more landowners and developers commit to net zero targets, we are seeing increasing proposals for net zero buildings – buildings which balance any greenhouse gases produced during development...

The Court of Appeal has handed down an important judgment on the operation of conditional break clauses and has found in favour of the tenant.