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CPR Changes Bring Mandatory ADR, From 1 October 2024
The Civil Procedure Rules (“CPR”) have been amended to reflect the Court of Appeal decision in Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council [2023] EWCA Civ. 141. The courts in England and Wales can now order parties to engage in alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) where such an order is proportionate and does not undermine the parties’ right to a judicial hearing.
Philipp v Barclays
What is the scope of banks' duties to customers in executing their customers' instructions? In particular, what are banks' duties if the instruction is the instrument of fraud? Earlier this month, the Court of Appeal overturned the previous decision of the High Court in Fiona Lorraine Philipp v Barclays Bank UK Plc.
A New Angle on Banks’ Duties to Customers in Fraud Cases: Philipp v Barclays | JD Supra
What is the scope of banks’ duties to customers in executing their customers’ instructions? In particular, what are banks’ duties if the instruction is the instrument of fraud? Earlier this month, the Court of Appeal overturned the previous decision of the High Court in Fiona Lorraine Philipp v Barclays Bank UK Plc. Please see full Publication below for more information.
A New Approach to Causation? The UK’s Supreme Court Hands Down Judgment in the Business Interruption Insurance Test Case | JD Supra
On 15 January 2021, the Supreme Court handed down its hotly-anticipated judgment in the business interruption insurance test case (FCA v Arch and others [2021] UKSC 1). Hailed as a further “victory” for thousands of holders of business interruption (“BI”) insurance policies, the judgment extends, in certain respects, findings in favour of certain policyholders of BI insurance made by the High Court in its judgment of 15 September 2020.
Business Interruption Insurance – A UK Update | JD Supra
For many UK businesses with business interruption (“BI”) insurance policies, a high priority this autumn was keeping up with a rapidly changing regime of coronavirus-related restrictions – changes which last week culminated in the imposition of the second England-wide ‘lockdown’.
The UK Supreme Court Seeks to Clarify the Reflective Loss Principle (or Whose Claim is it Anyway?) | JD Supra
What is the reflective loss principle? • The English law principle of reflective loss traditionally held that when a company suffered loss as a consequence of the actions of a third party, the loss suffered by its shareholders - by way of diminution in value of their shareholding and/or distributions - constituted ‘reflective loss’ only, and is not damage which is separate and distinct from that suffered by the company.
COVID-19: Business Interruption Insurance Claims – the Developing Tension in the UK | JD Supra
On 17 March 2020, in announcing an “unprecedented” range of measures designed to support businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, said that “for those businesses which do have [an insurance] policy that covers pandemics, the government’s action is sufficient and will allow businesses to make an insurance claim against their policy”.
Coronavirus Law: How Will the Pandemic Shape English Law?
Although this has largely been true of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic so far, there is a growing current of discussion which seeks to imagine and map out the post-virus world. It now seems inevitable that the pandemic, the government, business and consumer response, and the economic consequences, will give rise to myriad legal disputes and debates in the UK and around the world.
Force majeure in 2020
While thousands of coronavirus sufferers around the world will be getting doctors’ notes to excuse them from work, Chinese businesses have been getting ‘force majeure certificates’ from their government to excuse them from contractual performance.
COVID-19: Will Borrower Defaults Increase? | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
COVID-19: Contractual Implications for Businesses and Investors | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
Modern Slavery - An Update
26 March 2017 marked two years since the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. As the signature legislation of the then Home Secretary (Theresa May – now Prime Minister), it heralded greater focus on an issue that impacts many around the world. The Modern Slavery Act was also a further acceleration of legislative and other requirements and drivers for large corporations to undertake heightened diligence in respect of its supply chains.
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