The freedom of parties to specify the arbitrators they can choose was decisively upheld by the UK's Supreme Court on 27 July 2011 in Jivraj v Hashwani. The ruling overturns the widely criticised Court of Appeal decision that an arbitration clause in a joint venture agreement was void for non-compliance with regulations implementing EU equality laws.

Has the much eagerly awaited Freedom of Information Act 2000 had the impact some might have anticipated?

From 2012, all commercial airlines, community and non-community carriers alike, will be compelled to purchase and surrender carbon emissions allowances for their flights within the EU and for flights departing from or arriving at community airports.

Europe and the United States appear to be as far apart on the issue of sky marshals as they are geographically divided. As political pressure hastens their introduction, Simon Phippard and Edward Spencer examine the potential legal implications.

In Blundell v Governing Body of St Andrew's Catholic Primary School (2007), the EAT has given its first decision on the scope of an employee's right to return from maternity leave to the 'job in which she was employed before her absence'. In this case, Ms Blundell, a teacher, argued that her job was as a teacher of a specific class, and not as a primary school teacher.

The Combined Code on Corporate Governance (the "Combined Code") stipulates that certain matters should be delegated to board committees, principally nomination, remuneration and audit committees

The Legal Services Bill is intended to make sweeping changes to legal services regulation and complaints handling. However, some may regard the new legislation as a missed opportunity if it fails to address a number of problems with the existing regulatory framework. In this article we examine some of the difficulties faced by the profession in responding to complaints, and whether the proposed legislation addresses these difficulties.

In Shogun Finance Limited v Hudson (FC), the House of Lords considered the effect of a purported hire purchase agreement in relation to a car. The purported agreement was made between a fraudster pretending to be a third party and a finance company, Shogun Finance Limited ("<B>Shogun</B>")

2009 could see some major legislative changes which will impact upon construction professionals and their insurers. This briefing looks into the crystal ball, and sees what the year may hold...

If quantity surveyors (QSs) are expected to do "what it says on the tin", then their job is to survey quantities.

In a decision to be welcomed by professionals and their insurers, the Court in the Football League Ltd v edge ellison took a narrow approach to the scope of duty, confirming that there is no such thing as a general retainer and that only in limited circumstances will a solicitor’s duties go beyond the express terms of his retainer. The decision also evidences a continued willingness seriously to curtail the circumstances in which a solicitor will bear responsibility for business decisions reache

In the Autumn 2009 edition of our Directors’ & Officers’ Liability review we drew attention to the strict liability regime applicable to directors of Phoenix companies by virtue of section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986.

Several amendments to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 came into force on 1 October 2004. The following is a brief summary of the new provisions.

Summarised below are the key employment law changes which came into force in April 2007

Does the right to an education under the Human Rights Act 1998 open up a new route to compensation?

Professionals engaged in the construction and property sectors will know that the landscape has been changing over the course of the last 18 months.