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We are pleased to share with you our Insurance & Professional Risks Annual Review of 2023 which provides an overview and analysis of the key cases and developments affecting those engaged...

On 29 March, our leading lawyers in Düsseldorf, Milan, Paris and London hosted a webinar exploring what businesses need to know and what they need to be doing now..

Prosperity UK's Alternative Arrangements Commission set up to develop credible and practical alternative arrangements relating to the Irish border has today released a 4-page Briefing Document...

The Court of Appeal's recent decision in The Civil Aviation Authority v The Queen on the application of Jet2.com Ltd [2020] EWCA Civ 35 found that legal advice privilege

As in many jurisdictions, class actions are becoming more frequent in the the English courts. A body of case law is building up, and that will be added to by three cases which are to go the Supreme Court, as discussed...

The decision confirms that a third party's voluntary intervening act will normally break the chain of causation between a defendant's breach of contract and a claimant's loss.

The Commercial Court has upheld an appeal on a point of law under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996, holding that it was not necessary to imply a term into an agreement...

The Commercial Court has held that a shipowner was entitled to rely on a force majeure clause in a shipping contract where its charterer's parent company became subject to US sanctions...

This decision tree has been prepared as a quick reference to help determine which documents can be withheld on grounds of privilege under English law.

This contrasts with the recent line of authorities which have held that conscious awareness is a necessary part of a claimant's case.

In a recent decision, the High Court has made a non-party costs order against a law firm's professional indemnity insurer, in circumstances where the insurer had effectively relinquished control

A much-anticipated Supreme Court judgment has confirmed the position as to when directors owe obligations to consider the interests of creditors, dismissing an appeal against the Court of Appeal decision in this case: BTI v Sequana [2022] UKSC 25.

It was announced yesterday that Lord Reed will succeed Lady Hale as President of the Supreme Court when she retires on 10 January 2020

The Court of Appeal has overturned a finding of dishonest assistance against a law firm, establishing that professional negligence and poor practice—even when severe—do not automatically constitute dishonesty.

The second episode of Regulation in Focus, our podcast series of short, sharp insights into regulatory issues that matter to you,...

On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal courts lack the authority to issue a "universal" injunction on President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court has given a rare judgment on the court's approach to awarding damages for a "loss of a chance" in a professional negligence claim: