News
We are delighted to report that at yesterday evening’s annual Chambers UK Bar Awards event, Joanne Wicks QC won Real Estate Silk of the Year. The award comes as a result of a standout year of practice in which she has... Read more
Friday 1 November 2019
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Recent Cases
Supreme Court
Tiffany Scott KC
Wednesday 30 October 2019
News
Supreme Court by majority of 3 to 2 reverses unanimous Court of Appeal decision in Sequent Nominees Ltd v Hautford Ltd and holds that a landlord’s refusal of consent to an application for change of planning use was reasonable. This... Read more
Wednesday 30 October 2019
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News
Commentary by Joseph Steadman Anyone who has been involved in a conveyancing transaction – and many people who haven’t – will know that it is customary to pay a 10% deposit on exchange of contracts. In fact, most of those... Read more
Friday 25 October 2019
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Articles
By Joseph Steadman
Friday 25 October 2019
Recent Cases
Court of Appeal
Jonathan Seitler KC | Tom Roscoe
Wednesday 23 October 2019
News
The Court of Appeal has, in Great Dunmow Estates Limited v Crest Nicholson Operations Ltd & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 1683: (1) held that matters ‘agreed’ in the course of the expert determination could not have contractual effect where the... Read more
Wednesday 23 October 2019
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Articles
By Tom Roscoe
Tuesday 22 October 2019
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Commentary by Paul Newman QC When the index used to calculate statutory increases to pensions in payment and the revaluation of deferred pensions was changed from RPI to CPI in 2011, the Government declined to require CPI to be applied... Read more
Tuesday 15 October 2019
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Articles
By Paul Newman KC
Tuesday 15 October 2019
News
In a recent interview with Jess Harrold at EG, Joanne Wicks QC discussed what drives her as a barrister, and what it was like to win two of the most significant cases in recent years; S Franses and European Medicines Agency. In... Read more
Monday 14 October 2019
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News
Graeme Halkerston and Jamie Holmes successfully appeared for the claimants in a confidential ICC arbitration culminating in a complex 8-day trial in Singapore. The Tribunal’s final award ordered the respondents to pay the currency equivalent of over US$40m to the... Read more
Monday 14 October 2019
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