The future of the conditional fee agreement (‘CFA') was recently challenged by the Court of Appeal in the case of Sousa –v- London Borough of Waltham Forest Council [2011] EWCA Civ 194.

On Wednesday 30 March 2011 the Supreme Court handed down its long awaited judgment in the case of Jones v Kaney in which it abolished expert witnesses' immunity from suit in all civil proceedings.

Welcome to edition 50 of The Sport Lawyer. Over the last year or so we have tried to address key legal issues and topics within the sports sector in a readable and, hopefully, thought provoking way.

The New Construction Act comes into force in England on 1 October '11.

The Construction Act states that a pay less notice must specify ‘the sum that the payer considers to be due on the date the notice is served' (S111(4)(a)).

Thomas Eggar and James Cowper recently co-hosted the inaugural Technology and Enterprise Forum.

The ‘tax gap' is one of those phrases (like ‘fairness' and – even worse ‘hard working families') that politicians like to throw around when discussing the nation's finances.

The World Children’s Prize is a Swedish Foundation formed ten years ago to encourage education on children’s rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Despite mounting criticism from the tax profession and business leaders, HMRC is indicating that it is going to push ahead with the controversial changes in tax legislation introduced in draft form on 9 December last year.

The case of Robinson -v- P E Jones (Contractors) Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 9 deals with the issue of tortious liability running concurrent to contractual liability.

Lord Young was appointed by Prime Minister David Cameron to review the current Health and Safety System and to report back on his findings.

It was not very long ago that public procurement law was the preserve of a small band of lawyers and practitioners conversant in the peculiar world of EU treaties and directives.

Under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, a person may apply for a Certificate of Lawfulness where: there has been a breach of planning control relating to building, engineering, mining or other operations after 4 years from when they are substantially completed; there has been a breach of planning control consisting of the change of use of a building to a single dwelling house after 4 years from the date of the breach; or for any other breach of planning control, 10 years from the date of t

After three months away I am now back in the signal box, with a pencil behind my ear and an oily rag tucked into my back pocket. Yes, the engine is ready to roll out from the sheds - climb aboard!

The Government recently published its much anticipated draft National Policy Planning Framework (NPPF). The draft NPPF would reduce over 1,000 pages of planning policy to just 52.

The words "golden handshake" fall in to that special category of phrases that create suspicion and resentment in the minds of the general public (for more examples, consider "banker's bonuses" or "MP's expenses").

Today's Court of Appeal decision in Prudential Plc -v- Special Commissioners of Income Tax marks, for the second time in less than a month, an important decision in the scope of legal professional privilege ("LPP") and its application to legal advice given by non-lawyers; in this instance accountants.

Historically, the courts have been reluctant to overturn decisions of a Sport's Governing Body (GB) for want of fair or rational decisions.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has lifted a ban on Ghana which looked likely to prevent the nation competing in London 2012.

The ruling of the Independent Regulatory Commission was finally handed on Saturday afternoon, just before QPR's match against Leeds United kicked off at Loftus Road. QPR ultimately lost the match 2-1, but that did not impact on the club's promotion to the Premier League: the Commission imposed a fine but, crucially, ruled that the club would be allowed to keep the 88 points it had accumulated during the season.