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What do we know about Law in Roman Britain?


A talk by Sir Rupert Jackson to the Northern Legal History Group…

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Is a Failure to Act on Climate Change a Crime against Humanity?


Introduction The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established to try those…

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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…

Daniel Saoul KC and Usman Roohani consider contempt of court in the latest ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE magazine

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…

Professional liability and coverage update: 2022 in review

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…

Can the tables ever be turned: when can professionals sue their clients for breaching duties to them?

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 (QB)

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…

Construction Arbitration in the New Age

Talk by Sir Rupert Jackson at the Society of Construction Law Astra International Conference in Paris on 28th October 2022. View Talk Here

High Court hands down landmark decision in interest-only mortgage mis-selling case

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…

Searching for Assets in Cyberspace: A New Gateway Opens?

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…

Fortification for damages in freezing injunctions: Restoration of the status quo?

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…

Blurred boundaries: just how far do solicitors’ duties extend?

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…

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Four Fundamentals of Limitation Periods in Contract and Tort Claims


By Carl Troman, Barrister and Mediator at 4 New Square Four key points…

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Stay of proceedings before serving a claim form


What should claimants do when limitation is about to expire? Noting…

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Why are there so many cases against lawyers for contempt of court?


There has been a spate of cases in the past couple of…

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