In a recent appeal it was confirmed that where the Defendant has, in Employment Tribunal proceedings, made written and oral submissions that the Claimant was free to pursue...

As some members of the team breathe a sigh of relief at surviving the school holidays, whilst others mourn an idyllic summer spent enjoying the sunny weather, we're all agog to find out who the incoming Prime Minister will...

It was a sad week this week for the team; not only did we learn of Meatloaf's death, which left us reeling, but of the Court of Appeal's heartless approach to the human rights of insurers.

This week's edition features two recent cases on recoverability of costs, each confirming that equity has no place in the consideration of costs recovery, something litigators may feel they already knew or could have intuited.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has been busy this week, determining issues in two long running cases; first, a case on recognition and enforcement of judgments,...

On 16 February 2022 the Supreme Court handed down their unanimous judgment in Bloomberg LP v ZXC [2022] UKSC 5.

Whilst the youngsters amongst us were frolicking at the PEOPIL Young Lawyers Group Conference in Madrid this week, prompting the old timers to reflect bitterly on the work ethic of Young People Today...

It's been another busy week for cross border practitioners. In a cosmetic surgery claim, the facts of which will be all too familiar to those of us practising in the area, Forster J considered...

As we hit the two-year anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, more and more cases are beginning to drift through the court system with facts arising from the devastating impact on ...

This week a new resource for access to online case-law was launched by The National Archives. Under the title "Find Case Law" an incomplete "alpha" version of the resource is now operational...

In a claim for a violation of the operational duty under articles 2 or 3[1] of the European Convention of Human Rights, the applicant must satisfy the...

In Barclay v British Airways [2010] QB 187, the Court of Appeal held that where a passenger injured herself after slipping on an inert, non-defective plastic strip embedded in the floor of an aircraft, ...

As blue skies and summer holidays encourage the team to consider taking the 1CL private jet for a spin, we've spent the week thinking about all things aeronautical.

Now that the dust has settled following Exit Day on 31st December 2020, the recast Brussels Convention has ceased to apply in the UK, and cross border practitioners have got used to the idea that the...

This week the discussions around the 1CL dining table have turned to issues of recognition of State authority; whence do governments derive their right to govern, and what do they do with those rights once they have them?

You can imagine our excitement as we gathered round the 1CL telly this week, agog to view the new Marvel/Disney offering, Moon Knight, a rip-roaring yarn featuring the extremely poor behaviour...

The team has been in a festive mood this week; it's been one Christmas party after another, each more glittering than the last.

Everyone seems to be on holiday. This is of course cheery news for travel practitioners, who depend on people taking holidays as the foundation for our work, and who are, therefore...

The claimants sought an order for disclosure of data from the mobile phones of its non-executive chairman and a former employee.

The FCA has used emergency powers to prevent financial advice firms who advised members of the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) from disposing of assets to avoid paying compensation.