Matthew Knowles, partner in the International Arbitration department, writes about how collaborative working is the key to strong and sustainable relationships between law firms and clients.

The Justice Committee acknowledges early in its recent report, issued as part of its inquiry into draft legislation related to the personal injury discount rate ...

For many years AX had enjoyed working as a secondary school maths teacher and later as an educational consultant.

One of the characteristics of international arbitration that users sometimes find frustrating is the very limited potential to consolidate into a single arbitration disputes ...

In a year in which high-profile ‘special contribution' divorce cases have hit the headlines, Spear's Family Lawyer of the Year Emma Hatley explains how the argument ...

The court has had the power to order that experts give evidence concurrently (also known as "hot-tubbing") since the amendment to the Practice Direction to CPR Part 35 in April 2013.

Finally, the court considered the case of PL Travers Will Trust v HMRC [2014] SFTD 265, which concerned the tax treatment of royalty payments under the will of PL Travers, author of the Mary Poppins series. This had found that part of the receipts from the author’s copyrights had been income but only in relation to a specific period in which the trustees had been responsible for the exploitation of the copyright. This was not the case here.

The appearance of professional footballer Eniola Aluko and four senior employees of the Football Association before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee to consider allegations of racism...

Our Trust and Probate Litigation team is now ranked in Band 1 of Chambers High Net Worth's Private Wealth Disputes category. The team contributed this article to the new guide...

By the summer 2018 the EU Package Travel Directive will become part of UK law, offering increased protection for consumer holiday bookings and closing a gap in consumer protection for holidays booked online.

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Skatteforvaltningen v MCML Ltd [2026] UKSC 19 is a welcome restatement of the scope of issue estoppel and provides useful guidance on its interaction with abuse of process.

Truly novel frauds are a rare thing. Fraudsters target easy money, and most frauds are variations of illicit practices that have been used for centuries.

It is highly unlikely that the proposed legislation to implement changes to the personal injury discount rate will achieve the Government's stated objective ...

In CP Holdings Limited and Ors v Assicurazioni Generali SpA and Ors [2026] EWHC 1520 (Comm), the Commercial Court rejected an attempt by the insureds to recover approximately €160m in Covid-19 business...

Many solicitors dislike experts' meetings.

In August 2014 Patricia was seriously injured in a road traffic accident in Lisbon, Portugal.

Jenny Bowden, a solicitor in our Divorce and Family team, reviews the recent case of Green v Adams [2017] EWFC 24 in which Mr Justice Mostyn discussed the constraints of child support ...

Associate Veronica Connolly and trainee Richard Swan of the International Arbitration team identify issues that can contribute to disputes in the power sector in sub-Saharan Africa ...

The Disclosure Working Group (DWG) has proposed amendments to Part 31 of the Civil Procedure Rules following concerns about the "perceived excessive cost, scale and complexity of disclosure".

In part one of this series, Divorce and Family partner Jenny Bowden and Personal Injury associate James Philpott considered the division of assets...