Why are there so many cases against lawyers for contempt of court?
There has been a spate of cases in the past couple of years where contempt of court proceedings have been brought against lawyers. Prompted by the…
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The Common Law Jurisprudence of the Conflict of Laws (Bloomsbury) has just…
Click here to download as a PDF Contributors: Alison Padfield KC, Miles…
There has been a spate of cases in the past couple of years where contempt of court proceedings have been brought against lawyers. Prompted by the…
In the latest edition of ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE Magazine, 4 New Square Chambers’ Daniel Saoul KC and Usman Roohani write about recent developments and perspectives in committal applications for contempt of court…
Overview By far the most significant number of professional liability cases in 2022 dealt with the existence or scope of professionals’ duties. The case of…
When professionals are sued, it’s not unusual for them to make an assertion that their clients were “up to something”, or to complain that they had…
Mark Nieman v Withers LLP [2022] EWHC 2237 was a professional liability claim by Mr Mark Nieman (“the Claimant”) against Withers LLP (“the Defendant”) arising from…
Talk by Sir Rupert Jackson at the Society of Construction Law Astra International Conference in Paris on 28th October 2022. View Talk Here
On 7 October 2022, HHJ Cawson KC, sitting as a judge of the High Court, handed down judgment in Taylor & Anor v Legal and General…
In this article, Hannah Daly, barrister at 4 New Square Chambers, and Andrew James, solicitor at PCB Byrne LLP examine the new gateway 25 in Practice Direction 6B.3.1 which…
Since writing on the recent High Court decision: Claimants Listed in Schedule 1 v Spence [2021] EWHC 925 (Comm) (“the High Court Decision”) in our previous…
There has been a recent spate of cases where claimants have attempted to argue that their solicitors owed them duties to go beyond the work which…
What should claimants do when limitation is about to expire? Noting…
By Carl Troman, Barrister and Mediator at 4 New Square Four key points…
Unfairness is an essential ingredient in minority shareholder petitions. Prejudice alone is not enough….