Four key points for the limitation period for contract and tort claims.

The claims in that case centred on the wonderful 1982 painting Humidity by Jean-Michel Basquiat, the New York artist who died tragically aged only 27 in 1988.

Last month I gave my ten top tips for service of proceedings.

Check that you understand who is the right party to bring a claim.

The current pandemic has created tremendous disruption across all industries, including in sports.

This feels like an appropriate time to reflect on my experiences arguing dozens of these applications in a range of different courts.

Carillion PLC collapsed in January 2018. By the end of March 2018, at least three strands of regulatory or disciplinary procedures were being pursued as a consequence of the way...

Ben Hubble QC and Miles Harris of 4 New Square look at the potential impact of reforms suggested by the Kingman Review and the Competition & Market Authority's Update Paper on the audit sector.

Another year, another set of changes to the cost budgeting regime. The focus is on varying the budget – not only have the rules changed, there is a new precedent form to get to grips with, Precedent T.

Service of proceedings continues to be a fertile ground for disputes. Meritorious and valuable claims can fail on a technicality given how hard it is to obtain a retrospective extension of time for service of a claim form.

Of course, the draft Agreement requires the approval of (among others) the UK Parliament and the Member States who will remain in the EU.

Notwithstanding assurances from the Information Commissioner that they "prefer the carrot to the stick" the fact remains that the ICO will have the power under Article 83(4) the General Data Protection Regulation ...

The current draft Data Protection Bill also contains various criminal offences relating to mis-use of data.

Shail Patel of 4 New Square considers this High Court decision in which the Court found that an individual (C) did not have the right to be heard at an FRC Tribunal hearing, nor a right to redaction...

This week the Administrative Court handed down judgment in three appeals by the Solicitors Regulation Authority: SRA v Sovani James, SRA v Esteddar MacGregor, SRA v Peter Naylor [2018] EWHC 3058 (Admin).

What caught my eye about this judgment was the comment about the need for expert evidence to establish breach of duty in a lawyer's negligence case.

Ms Davey brought a claim against the Administrators, and counterclaimed against Dunbar, alleging that the property was sold at an undervalue.

With standstill agreements back in the legal news following judgment being handed down in the Muduroglu matter ([2017] EWHC 29 (Ch)), below I have set out five frequently encountered problems...

Ending the jurisdiction of the CJEU over the UK is one of the highest-profile ‘red lines' drawn by Theresa May and emphasised since the Brexit vote in June 2016, under the mantra of "taking back control of our laws".

Yesterday, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Richard Slade & Co v Boodia [2018] EWCA Civ 2667, resolving much of the confusion and concern that had fomented around the now reversed High Court decision ...