Archives: Insights

Issues in professional negligence claims – Article by Elizabeth Ovey and Henry Day

Elizabeth Ovey and Henry Day were invited by Legal Futures to discuss issues in professional negligence claims and pitfalls that can lead to claims being worth less than expected or nothing at all. You can read the piece here: https://bit.ly/3ugtcXL

Proprietary Estoppel and Farming Cases and Unlawful interference with land – Junior Programme: Real Estate

Junior Programme: Property webinar on “Proprietary Estoppel and Farming Cases” and “Unlawful interference with land” presented by Jonathan Edwards and Natalie Pratt. Proprietary Estoppel and Farming Cases Jonathan Edwards will discuss how the court weighs up proprietary estoppel claims and decides what relief to grant in farming cases, looking specifically at some of the more […]

Video: Witness Statements – The New Rules

Witness Statements – The New Rules is hosted by Shantanu Majumdar KC, Dov Ohrenstein and Lauren Kreamer. From 6th April 2021 new rules will apply to most trial witness statements in the Business & Property Courts. This webinar focuses on the practical consequences for litigators: How to ensure statements comply with the new requirements; the […]

Personal representatives: avoiding claims and meeting beneficiaries’ demands

A private client webinar hosted by William Moffett and Matthew Mills. Matt discusses the types of claim which may be brought against personal representatives and how personal representatives can minimise the risk of being sued. Please find the slides attached, here. William then considers the extent to which personal representatives should accede to, or may […]

‘An Update on the Restructuring Tool – More than a Year On’ and ‘Cross-border restructuring after COVID and Brexit – top tips’ Junior Programme: Restructuring

In this webinar, ‘An Update on the Restructuring Tool – More than a Year On’ and ‘Cross-border restructuring after COVID and Brexit – top tips’ Junior Programme: Restructuring, Andrew Brown talked about the recent cases that have highlighted the increasing use of the restructuring tool within different contexts, and some of the new challenges that […]

Sharpening the corporate restructuring tool – Article by David Mohyuddin KC and Andrew Brown

In this article, published by R3, David Mohyuddin KC and Andrew Brown discuss the evolution of the restructuring tool. It follows on from their previous article in the Summer issue, and explores the contentious sanction hearings of Virgin Active and Hurricane Energy. You can read the full article here.

An introduction to Antecedent Transactions (Preferences and Transaction at Undervalue Claims) – Junior Programme: Insolvency

This Junior Programme: Insolvency webinar, presented by Andrew Brown and Emma Loizou on Tuesday, 30 November covers ‘An introduction to Antecedent Transactions (Preferences and Transaction at Undervalue Claims)’. The Insolvency Act 1986 provides specific statutory claims that allow office-holders to reverse transactions made by insolvency persons (companies and individuals) to return assets for the benefit […]

Favourite Cases: Re Pinion (Deceased) [1965] CH 85 (CA) – Article by Joshua Winfield

In this article, Joshua Winfield talks about his favourite case, Re Pinion (Deceased). Read the full case summary here. Re Pinion (Deceased) is reported at [1965] CH 85 (CA). Favourite Cases is a Radcliffe Chambers project for August 2021, which takes a look at interesting and important chancery and commercial decisions. Find out more about how […]

Litigating against persons unknown and Costs in winding-up petitions – Junior Programme: Litigation

This Junior Programme webinar, presented by Natalie Pratt and Piers Digby covers: Litigating against persons unknown and Costs in winding-up petitions. Litigating against persons unknown: Natalie discusses litigation against persons unknown, including recent developments in case law, and pitfalls and how to avoid them. Please find the presentation slides, here. Costs in winding-up petitions: Piers […]

Competition Disqualification – Article by Christopher Buckley

Re Property Group (2010) Ltd was the first competition disqualification case to go to trial following an application by the Competition and Markets Authority pursuant to section 9A of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986. The disqualification case followed the acceptance by two companies of which the defendant was a director that they had participated […]