Directors' duties, procedural fairness and issue based costs; the Court of Appeal decision sheds lights on several aspects of financial regulatory enforcement action

In Stevensdrake v Stephen Hunt [2017] EWCA Civ 1173 (31 July 2017) the Court of Appeal considered the application of contractual principles to a Conditional Fee Agreement ("CFA")...

As such, any defendant culpably responsible for any period of material exposure must pay 100% of the damages to the victim.

The Supreme Court handed down its judgment in JSC BTA Bank v Khrapunov [2018] UKSC 19, the latest in a long line of decisions concerning Mr Ablyazov, on 21 March 2018.

Costs budgeting is plainly important, as I will amplify later, but it is rarely thought to be interesting. However, there is now a fair body of law and practice ...

McDonagh v Bank of Scotland & Others [2018] EWHC 3262 (Ch) concerned a dispute between a borrower, Mr McDonagh and a lender, Bank of Scotland in respect of the borrower's default on a loan facility ...

Four members of 4 New Square's costs team set themselves a challenge to come up with a calendar of key costs decisions in the last year. 1 case per month, 100 words max per case.

P&P Property Limited v Owen White & Catlin LLP and Dreamvar (UK) Limited v Mishcon de Reya [2018] EWCA Civ. 1082 were conjoined appeals that raised common issues about the liability...

2018 was another significant year for professional liability cases. The key developments have fallen into two broad areas. The first is liability.

In UK Acorn Finance Limited v Markel (UK) Limited, HHJ Pelling QC applied the Supreme Court's decision in Braganza v BP Shipping Limited [2015] UKSC 17 in the context of an insurance dispute.

It had sprayed the Knotweed with herbicide but the spraying done was inadequate.

In a recent judgment delivered in Al Jomaih Power Limited & Denham Investment Limited v. IGCF SPV 21 Limited & KES Power Limited, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands...

In the current climate of austerity, healthcare providers may be seeking ways to contain costs of treatment.

This gave rise to a direct relationship between Heller and Hedley Byrne, that involved a duty of care.