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Accountants that are members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales are obliged to have professional indemnity insurance written on specific minimum terms.

In a recent FT article, Janet Williams, the lead on cybercrime initiatives for the Association of Chief Police Officers, commented that insurers should agree only to provide cover against cyber attacks to companies that meet a minimum cyber defence Kitemark standard.

As the personal exposure and accountability of directors grows there is a pressing need for companies to reassure their officers that they have access to D&O cover which is clear, responsive and supportive to the individuals concerned.

A recent case has confirmed that 50/50 clauses in policies covering the same risk.

Last year the Commercial Court held that individuals employed by an agent under a binding authority and named on the binding authority agreement may owe fiduciary duties personally to the insurers who granted the authority, as their sub-agents.

A recent Commercial Court decision, C v D, demonstrates that the English courts will make parties adhere to the Bermuda form arbitration clause in an insurance policy and will not sanction the challenge to an English arbitration award by the New York courts under New York law.

In a recent decision the Court of Appeal has confirmed that where a solicitor terminates his retainer prior to the completion of his instructions, he is entitled to be paid for all the work done prior to termination, provided the retainer was terminated for "good reason" and upon reasonable notice.

A local councillor in South Wales has settled a defamation action brought against him, after he became the subject of the first defamation case brought in the United Kingdom involving a comment made on Twitter.

Richard Hooper’s "Phase 2" report on copyright licensing was published on 31 July 2012, recommending the creation of a not-for-profit industry led and funded "Copyright Hub" to facilitate copyright education and licensing, to be overseen by a new steering group.

In a judgment handed down in December 2009, but with a delayed publication, the Court of Appeal in SAB Miller -v- Tanzania Breweries Ltd and another ([2010] EWCA Civ 1564) considered whether the parties had, by agreement, conferred power on the Court to grant injunctive relief which were wider than that provided by section 44 of the Arbitration Act 1996.

The High Court has recently confirmed and clarified the case law on how the behaviour of parties and the making of without prejudice offers should affect costs.

An unusual court ruling handed down on 12 April 2006 has cast a new light on what the worst outcome can be when you begin litigation. Once litigation is started, it will not be in your sole control to finish it by merely discontinuing the action and paying the costs of the other side.

In Hinton v University of East London, the Court of Appeal has clarified the long running debate on how detailed a compromise agreement needs to be so that it "relates to the particular proceedings" and complies with section 203 of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

A High Court judgement handed down yesterday confirms that a claimant who accepts a final decision from the Financial Ombudsman Service is bound by it and will not subsequently be able to bring a civil claim in relation to the same matter.

A trial following the 2007 deaths of four fire-fighters has commenced at Stafford Crown Court.

As reported in Law Now dated 3 July 2009 Lord Justice Jackson, a Court of Appeal judge, has been tasked by the Master of the Rolls with reviewing the entire civil justice litigation system, and making recommendations for promoting access to justice at proportionate cost.

The House of Lords on 20 October ruled on the latest instalment of the long-running dispute between Naomi Campbell and Mirror Group Newspapers ("MGN").

The ECJ has recently determined the date from which Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 ("Rome II") actually applies to non-contractual disputes.