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Most leases require a sum to be paid on account of service charges for costs that will be incurred in the future. These

Gemma Burden, one of our partners who is charge of the Mediation Department,  talking with Jonathan Hines from UK Talk

Although this is an issue that has been picked up and pretty widely covered in the press it still seems to be one that c

In considering a £2 million claim in respect of allegedly dangerous defects in the cladding of a property in Finsbury Sq

A revised adjudication scheme for professional negligence claims has been launched, updating the scheme that was launche

A challenge to the deathbed will of a father by the daughters he cut out of his £4m estate just hours before his death i

Beneficiaries who challenge the validity of a will, and lose, run the risk of being ordered by the court to pay the exec

Promises that are freely made and relied upon can have the force of a contract and are capable of being enforced in cour

The issue in the case of Jet2.com Limited v Blackpool Airport Limited [2012] EWCA Civ 417 was whether an airport operato

In C&S Associates UK Ltd v Enterprise Insurance Company plc [2015] EWHC 3757 the court gave guidance on the variatio

Orders of the court which freeze the assets of an opponent – commonly regarded as one of the law’s “nuclear weapons” – a

The Supreme Court has handed down two important judgments in relation to penalty clauses which go some way to clarifying

It is a common misconception that contracts must be in writing, and a less common misconception that written contracts b

Businesses are often under commercial pressure to grant credit to important clients but the judgment in Trafigura PTE Lt

The case of Burgess and anor v Lejonvarn [2016] EWHC 40 (TCC) serves as a cautionary tale that even where a professional

Adjudication is meant to be a swift and economical way to resolve contractual disputes in the construction industry, how

The title of this article comes from Fraser J’s judgment in Beumer Group UK Ltd v Vinci Construction UK Ltd [2016] EWHC

Like it or not, Brexit is now firmly on our horizons. Even if you forget the scaremongering headlines from the tabloids

According to various consumer reports, the UK is fraught with underhand tradesmen, with the majority of the population h

Allow me to describe a scenario that commercial lawyers see all too often. A business has invested considerable time and

Wisdom often comes from experience but (dare I say it?) our elders were not always correct. Man may have been conducting

What you need to know about the latest changes to European trade mark law. EU legislators have certainly been keeping us

The type of cookies I refer to has no calories, no affiliation with the lovable blue muppet from Sesame Street and provi

Last year, the Information Commissioners Office (ICO)  annual report revealed that they enforced fines totalling over 1

Raise your hands, metaphorically of course,  if you are familiar with “Glee”, the US television series based around a gr

From 6 April 2017 additional inheritance tax relief is being made available in the form of the residence nil rate band (

Most of us are aware that the role of an Executor when appointed under a Will is to administer the estate of a deceased

It is often the case for married couples, or couples in a registered civil partnership, to want to do a straight forward

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that commission payments must be included when calculating holiday pay. B

The ever increasing use of social media in the workplace has inevitably had a notable impact on most employers. Whether

An attorney (the person making decisions for you) under a Lasting Power of Attorney for Property and Financial Affairs c