The structure of the UK audit sector, and the position of the 'Big Four' within it, has been a matter of public debate for quite some time.

In one of the most highly anticipated decisions in the employment law arena, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has found that Maya Forstater's ‘gender-critical' belief is a philosophical belief...

In our third quarterly case law update for 2021, we look at some of the key cases published since April 2021 and consider the lessons we can learn from them.

In the recent decision of Boehringer Ingelheim KG v Swingward Limited, the Court of Appeal has considered and applied the ECJ decision of April 2007 after a second reference from the English Courts in the same proceedings on the issue of repackaged pharmaceutical parallel imports within the EEA.

The Commercial Court has been busy with a plethora of judgments involving freezing orders being handed down over the summer months.

In R (on the Application of Mercury Tax Group Limited and another) v HMRC [2008] EWHC 2721 (Admin) the Court held that the final form of a deed was invalid where the signature pages on an incomplete draft had been transferred to execute a later amended version.

In Lomas and Others v JFB Firth Rixson, Inc and Others [2010] EWHC 3372 (Ch), the High Court considered the meaning and effect of Section 2(a)(iii) of the ISDA Master Agreement (1992 and 2002 versions), which provides that the payment obligations of the parties are subject to the condition precedent that no event of default is continuing with respect to the other party.

A dispute arose between the parties to a facility arrangement, Burdale Financial Ltd (as Senior Creditor), Abbeycrest Plc (as Debtor) and Agilo Master Fund Ltd (as Junior Creditor).

It was in August 2007 that the subprime problems in the American Mid-Western mortgage market began to emerge and the term “credit crunch” first entered the public consciousness.

Mr Bauer was the owner in France of the Pissarro painting La Cueillette or La récolte des pois. In 1943, on the order of the General Commissariat for Jewish Affairs, the painting was confiscated from Mr Bauer by an...

This week the government has published the draft legislation for the residential property developer tax ("RPDT") for technical consultation.

The burden in an unfair relationship claim is on D to disprove the allegation that there was an unfair relationship.

This is the third in a mini-series of articles looking at whistleblowing claims. This article looks at the importance of having whistleblowing policies in the workplace.

In our previous article we set out what kind of information needs to be disclosed for it to qualify as a protected disclosure/

UK employers face significant updates to their data protection obligations in 2026, driven by the Employment Rights Act 2025 and the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. These legislative changes require organizations to revise privacy notices, implement new complaints procedures, extend data retention periods, and enhance transparency around equality monitoring and holiday records.

In Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National Plc & Others, 8 October 2008, the Court found that certain historic terms and conditions for personal current accounts were not capable of amounting to penalties.

The remittance rules used to be both easy to understand and apply but, following the 2008 reforms to the taxation of non-doms, significant revisions were mad ...

Over time and bit by bit the UK's approach to corporate criminal liability is being narrowed. The issue has long been debated with many commentators agreeing that the current criminal legal...

The long running case between British Sky Broadcasting ("Sky") and Electronic Data Systems, now HP Enterprise Services ("EDS") has now finally been decided in a decision that has taken 15 months alone for the judgement to be released.

A recent case reminds us of the continuing reality that women, because of their childcare responsibilities, are less likely to be able to accommodate certain working patterns...