Banks and borrowers should be considering the effects of Basel II on increased costs clauses now to ensure that appropriate action is taken with regard to loan and other finance documentation.

The GC100 have published best practice guidelines to assist companies in complying with s.172 of the new Companies Act. The guidelines arose out of the GC100's concern that s.172 of the Act (the requirement that a director exercises his duties in a way he considers would be most likely to promote the success of the company) may have the effect of increasing the administrative burden on directors and may expose directors to a greater risk of litigation.

The decision in the recent case of Fecitt & Others v NHS Manchester will make it more difficult for employers to defend whistleblowing cases.

The recent House of Lords’ decision in Barker v Corus, and the subsequent controversy, culminating in a government pledge to legislate around the ruling, has ensured that asbestos is once again a major concern for the UK insurance/ reinsurance industry.

What implications will reform have on the ART (alternative risk transfer) market?

Whatever disappointments the recent World Cup may have brought, football is possibly more popular than ever. With this, of course, comes opportunity. The money to be made by the clubs, media and the players has escalated at an incredible rate.

The last weeks of the court term saw a number of high profile and significant rulings from four different courts in relation to intellectual property matters.

One of the more valuable aspects of the UK’s merger control system has traditionally been the ability of merging parties to receive advice and guidance on a confidential basis from the OFT as to whether a prospective merger is likely to be cleared or subject to detailed review by the Competition Commission.

The nature of a construction project gives rise to the possibility of numerous individual defects or losses arising which may be brought together in one or more claims.

The UK is now out of recession and the new Government is promising stability and growth, but does that mean that surveyors and valuers and their professional indemnity insurers can breathe a sigh of relief?

We take a look at the use of illustrative plotting in Admiralty cases involving collisions between ships.

The FSA's recently published Consultation Paper sets out proposals for a wholesale redrafting of the Insurance Conduct of Business Rules ("ICOB"). The impetus for these proposals is twofold...

Following its ratification by Sierra Leone in November 2007, The International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage (2001) ("Bunkers Convention") will enter into force on 21 November 2008.

Whilst they still have some distance to go, claimants in an Erin Brockovich-style multi party toxic tort action based on remediation activities in Corby have overcome an important hurdle in their fight for compensation.

An important contaminated land appeal finally came to a conclusion in February 2010.

The claimant claimed that on or about 18 February 2007 his car, a Lexus MX400 had been stolen and was subsequently found abandoned on 19 February 2007.