Non-Discharge of Fraud Debts by Josh Lewison
In this article, published in TL4 Fire Magazine issue 13, Josh Lewison discuss a recent case in the Supreme Court of the United States has thrown a spotlight on fraud debts, which survive discharge from bankruptcy and whether it could happen here in England and Wales. You can read the full article here.
Beddoes and Blessings: Back to Basics – webinar and podcast
In this Junior Programme: Private Client seminar Daniel Thorpe and Emma Loizou presented on Beddoe and Public Trustee v Cooper [2001] and discussed the risks of a breach of duty and when a trustee should and should not apply to court in connection with an actual or proposed course of action. Please find the presentation slides, here. Junior […]
Limitation in Commercial Invoice Claims and ‘Heads of terms’, ‘subject to contract’ and other phrases in the making of legally binding agreements.
On Thursday 23rd March, Zachary Kell and Jamie Cockfield hosted a Junior Programme webinar on “Limitation in Commercial Invoice Claims and ‘Heads of terms’, ‘subject to contract’ and other phrases in the making of legally binding agreements.” Limitation in Commercial Invoice Claims Zachary discusses the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal in Consulting Concepts […]
Identity fraud: can a solicitor owe a duty of care to a non-client?
Jeremy Cousins KC and Peter Dodge (instructed by Mills & Reeve) appeared in the Court of Appeal for the Seventh Defendant, Rees Page, in Ashraf v Lester Dominic Solicitors [2023] EWCA Civ 4, CA (having previously appeared for Mishcon de Reya in Dreamvar) UH exchanged contracts for the sale of his house to A. Unusually, […]
Wrongful trading claims: a central plank or dead in the water? – James Morgan KC & Lauren Kreamer
James Morgan KC and Lauren Kreamer were featured in the winter edition of Recovery Magazine. The article titled ‘Wrongful trading claims: a central plank or dead in the water?’ summarises some cases and issues about bringing wrongful trading claims as part of directors duties. In the long‑awaited Supreme Court judgment in BTI 2014 LLC v. […]
Top Restructuring & Insolvency Cases of 2022
On Thursday 8th December, James Fagan and Piers Digby hosted our final Junior Programme webinar of this year on “Top Restructuring & Insolvency Cases of 2022”. During this webinar, James and Piers recapped some of the top restructuring and insolvency cases of the year. Junior Programme events are aimed at recently qualified lawyers and consist […]
60-seconds with Sophia Rogers
Sophia Rogers features in the most recent edition of ThoughtLeaders4 Private Client Magazine. The article titled ’60-seconds with Sophia Rogers’ can be found on page four, here.
Occupation of Premises by a Charity for Charitable Purposes by Clive Moys
Clive Moys features in the most recent issue of Sweet & Maxwell’s Private Client Business. The 80% mandatory non-domestic rates relief enjoyed by a charitable body in occupation of a hereditament is a concession of considerable value and importance – Local Government Finance Act 1988, s. 43 (or s. 45, viz. an unoccupied hereditament). Both […]
High Court hands down judgment in the matter of Re Utility Point Ltd & Others [2022] EWHC 2826 (Ch)
On the 11th of November, the High Court handed down judgment in the matter of Re Utility Point Ltd & Others [2022] EWHC 2826 (Ch), in which Matthew Weaver KC and Andrew Brown appeared on behalf of Contract Natural Gas Ltd. This is a significant and high-value directions claim concerning the provability of various debts […]
We are proud to have taken part in Advocate 25 for 25: The Pro Bono Challenge
To celebrate Pro Bono Week, we are encouraging everyone else to do the same! We are proud to have taken part in Advocate #25for25: The Pro Bono Challenge 🎉 Check out the 25 for 25 report at http://bit.ly/ProBono25 Sign up to do pro bono at http://bit.ly/Advoc8SignUp