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Why Your "Standard" T&Cs Contracts Should Be Anything But Standard!

When supplying services, having robust and well-drafted Terms & Conditions (T&Cs) can protect your business from unnecessary risk and costly disputes.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Bexley Beaumont

When (And Why) Arbitration Might Be The Better Option

Clients often ask why, in some commercial contracts, their lawyers recommend that disputes are handled through the courts but, in others, they recommend arbitration.

United Kingdom Litigation

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IR Global

Supreme Court Decision In Hopcraft Motor Finance Commission Appeal – Key Implications For Financial Services Firms

The Supreme Court has allowed the lenders' appeal in part in its much-anticipated judgment relating to lender liability for the payment of third-party...

United Kingdom Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Motor Finance Cases | Supreme Court Judgment In Johnson, Wrench And Hopcraft

In one of the most eagerly anticipated judgments of this year, the Supreme Court today handed down its decision in the lead motor finance cases - Johnson, Wrench and Hopcraft.

United Kingdom Finance

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Travers Smith LLP

Payments Practices – Summary Of Payment Practices In Annual Reports And Other Measures To Tackle Late Payments

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Agreement With Open Price Clause Upheld By Court Of Appeal In KSY Juice Blends Ltd v Citrosuco GmbH

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gowling WLG

Decision – Charity Inquiry: Island Health Trust

United Kingdom Commercial

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Withers LLP

Perjury, Forgery, Freezers, And Mini-trials: How To Unravel The Mess

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Monzo And Barclays Are Fined Millions Due To Inadequate Anti-financial Crime Systems: What Does This Mean For Your Firm?

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herrington Carmichael

Exploring Breach Of Mandate Claims - Banking Quincecare Claims And Asset Recovery After The Supreme Court Ruling Of Philipp V Barclays Bank Plc [2023]

United Kingdom Litigation

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Lewis Silkin

Capital Markets Insight: How To Know When You Need A Temporary CUSIP Number For Reopenings

Worldwide Commercial

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Mayer Brown

Financial List Finds Claim For Declaratory Relief Brought By Ultimate Beneficial Owners Of Loan Notes Against Issuer Is Arguable

United Kingdom Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Reform Of The EU Securitisation Framework—Part 2: Proposed Definitions Of "Public" And "Private" Securitisations

European Union Finance

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Jones Day

Preparing For Sale: Legal Health Checks Companies Should Do Before A Transaction

United Kingdom Commercial

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Hunters

Upcoming Immigration Rule Changes From July 2025: What You Need To Know (25 June 2025)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

EVisas Soon To Replace Visa Stickers For Certain UK Visa Routes

United Kingdom Immigration

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Lewis Silkin

UK Creative Worker Visa: Key Requirements (Video)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Latitude Law

In Conversation With Kevin Nash: The LCIA And The Future Of Institutional Arbitration (Podcast)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

DORA Delegated Regulation On Threat-Led Penetration Testing Published In Official Journal

European Union Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Semenya vs Switzerland – A New Standard Of Review Of Sports Arbitration Awards

In a landmark decision, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has delivered its final ruling that South African athlete Caster Semenya's...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Macfarlanes LLP

Commercial Debt Recovery - Best Practices For Prevention And Enforcement

Commercial debt poses a significant threat to business stability. Disrupted cash flow can inhibit a business's ability to meet essential obligations such as payroll, rent, supplier payments...

United Kingdom Finance

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Giambrone & Partners

What Makes a Contract Void in the UK?

Always check the clarity, legality, and authority when entering contracts to avoid void or voidable agreements.

United Kingdom Commercial

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LegalVision

Daughter Entitled To Sums For Caring For Her Late Mother Prior To Death (Rogers v Wills)

Dispute Resolution analysis: Following a trial, a daughter has been held to be entitled to the receipt of substantial sums from the estate of her late mother pursuant to the terms of a contract...

United Kingdom Family

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Gatehouse Chambers

High Court Finds Private Equity Fund Bound By Its Agent Acting With Apparent/ostensible Authority

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

FCA Finalises Changes To The UK's Public Offers Of Securities Regime

United Kingdom Commercial

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Macfarlanes LLP

Staying Competitive – How Can Businesses Integrate Sustainability Into Their Practices?

United Kingdom Commercial

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IR Global

Payment Issues In Commercial Contracts: The Supplier Perspective (Video)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

Can A WhatsApp Message Form A Binding Contract? Lessons From Jaevee v Fincham [2025]

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Gowling WLG

What Is A Breach Of Contract?

United Kingdom Commercial

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Michael Kyprianou Law Firm

All Aboard The Good Faith Express, But Mind The Causation Gap

United Kingdom Commercial

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A&O Shearman

UK Supreme Court Affirms Strict Profit Rule

United Kingdom Litigation

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Barnes Law

High Court Refuses Bond Issuer's Interim Mandatory Injunction Application Seeking To Compel Release Of Funds By Settlement Agent

United Kingdom Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Court Of Appeal Finds Contract Enforceable Despite Lack Of Agreement On Price

United Kingdom Commercial

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

All Aboard The Good Faith Express, But Mind The Causation Gap

In Matière v ABM, the court found that there was an express obligation of good faith in a number of contracts concerning a joint venture for a subcontracting role in the construction of the HS2 railway.

United Kingdom Commercial

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A&O Shearman

UK Supreme Court Affirms Strict Profit Rule

Rukhadze and others ("Appellants") v Recovery Partners GP Ltd and another("Respondents") [2025] UKSC 10, decided on 19 March 2025,saw the UK Supreme Court decline to overturn centuries...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Barnes Law

High Court Refuses Bond Issuer's Interim Mandatory Injunction Application Seeking To Compel Release Of Funds By Settlement Agent

The High Court has dismissed an interim mandatory injunction application made by a bond issuer, seeking to compel an investment bank to instruct the settlement agent to release funds received...

United Kingdom Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Court Of Appeal Finds Contract Enforceable Despite Lack Of Agreement On Price

The Court of Appeal recently overturned a decision of the High Court that found part of a contract was unenforceable as the parties had failed to agree a price.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Takeover Panel Publishes Consultation On Dual Class Share Structures, IPOs And Share Buybacks And Two New Practice Statements

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gowling WLG

High Court Finds Breach Of Express Obligations Of Good Faith But No Loss

In a recent decision, the High Court found that a party had breached an express duty of good faith in a collaboration agreement to bid for a large tunnelling sub-contract on the HS2 project...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Navigating Business Law In Arizona

At Harrison Law, we've worked with entrepreneurs and international clients from all over the world – and more and more, they're choosing to build their businesses right here in Arizona.

United Kingdom Commercial

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IR Global

Does Your Franchise Agreement Impose A Duty Of Good Faith?- Is It Fair, And Could The APK Case Change The Landscape?

At present, there isn't a general implied duty of good faith in franchise agreements in the UK unless specifically stated.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Ronald Fletcher Baker

When Less Is Still Enough: TCC Confirms Validity Of Interim Payment Application

In 1st Formations Limited v Lapp Industries Ltd, the Technology and Construction Court held that an interim payment application was valid despite the opposing arguments that the notice did not comply...

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Business Tenancies: Law Commission's Interim Statement On Direction Of Reform

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Spencer West

S5:E10 – Kate Rose: Seeing The Beauty In Everything With TUTTI & CO (Video)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Square One

Contract Disputes - Part 2 – KYP (Know YOUR PARTY)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Ace Law LLP

Due Diligence – Who Needs It?

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Bexley Beaumont

UK Merger Control To See Faster Reviews, Clarified Jurisdictional Tests And Less Intervention In Global Deals

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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A&O Shearman

Reform Of The GDPR In The UK

United Kingdom Privacy

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Mayer Brown

Hague Judgments Convention 2019 In Force For The UK From July 1—Key Points For Commercial Parties

United Kingdom Litigation

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A&O Shearman

Navigating Green Claims: A Comparative Guide For Businesses In The UK And EU

United Kingdom Consumer

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Plesner

Building Purposeful Legal Careers: Innovation, Adaptability, And In-house Counsel's Future

United Kingdom Technology

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A&O Shearman

Fraud's New Frontline: Why Civil Litigators Are Thinking Criminal

United Kingdom Criminal

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Devonshires

A New Milestone For Accessibility – The European Accessibility Act Now Applies

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

The A&D Minute: Beyond Firefighting—regaining Control With The Supply Chain Watchtower

United Kingdom International

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AlixPartners

Section 172 "Good Faith" Duty: Court Of Appeal Clarifies Honesty Requirement, Which Must Be Assessed Objectively

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

U.K. Turnaround And Restructuring Update: June 2025

United Kingdom Insolvency

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AlixPartners

UK's Controversial Foreign Influence Registration Scheme Looms – Banks And Other Businesses Prepare

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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S5:E10 – Kate Rose: Seeing The Beauty In Everything With TUTTI & CO (Video)

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Square One

SQE Preparation & Advice (Video)

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Higgs LLP

Alan Ross On Transforming Market Data With DRDM – Talking Market Data With David Anderson (EP. 12) (Video)

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CJC Ltd

Managing Building Safety – Next Steps For Occupied Higher Risk Buildings (Video)

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Gowling WLG

'Mapping The Minefield': Dealing With Pre-Existing Contracts, Commitments And Claims In Administrations (Video)

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Gatehouse Chambers

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