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Property Newsletter: Spring Edition

Gatehouse Law's spring property newsletter covers recent tribunal and court decisions affecting property law, including modifications of restrictive covenants, rent repayment orders for joint tenancies, and pre-action admissions under CPR 14. The team discusses their recent work on building safety, easements, lease renewals, and forfeiture appeals, while announcing their attendance at UKREiiF 2026 in Leeds.

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Gatehouse Chambers

Supreme Court Determines Furlough Payments Can Be Deducted By Insurers From Covid-19 Business Interruption Claims

The Supreme Court has resolved a critical question in pandemic business interruption claims: whether government furlough payments under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme must be deducted from insurance payouts.

United Kingdom Insurance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Beyond The Lawyer-Client Relationship: Exploring A Potential Expansion Of Legal Advice Privilege

On 16 April 2026, the UK High Court (Mr Justice Picken) in Aabar Holdings S.À.R.L. & Ors v Glencore PLC & Ors adopted a wide view of legal advice privilege in favour of the first Defendant, holding that internal...

United Kingdom Litigation

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McCann Fitzgerald

Commercial Litigation EP36: General Update (Podcast)

Explore the dynamic world of commercial disputes through expert analysis of recent case law developments, including litigation funding reforms, competition class actions, jurisdiction clauses, the Privy Council's ruling on deceit awareness requirements, and groundbreaking guidance on AI liability from the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Upper Tribunal Finds Privilege Applied To Whether Boris Johnson Sought Legal Advice On The Lawfulness Of The Covid-19 Lockdown

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

International Arbitration: English Court Of Appeal Upholds Refusal Of Anti-Suit Injunction In UniCredit Dispute

United Kingdom Litigation

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Beautiful Game Gets Complicated: Unfair Dismissal Reform And Professional Football

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Civil Remedies Available To Shareholders For Breaches Of The Companies Act: Webster V. ESMS Global Ltd And Sood

United Kingdom Commercial

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Goodwin Procter LLP

English High Court Clarifies Scope Of Legal Advice Privilege

United Kingdom Commercial

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Points Of Interest From The Autonomy Consequentials Judgment For Financial Institutions Involved In Defending Section 90A / Schedule 10A FSMA Shareholder Claims

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

UK Court Of Appeal Refuses To Extend Criminal Contempt To Foreign Anti-suit Injunctions

United Kingdom Criminal

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Dechert

Court Of Appeal Reopens Scope Of Inquest In Domestic Abuse Death

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Court Of Appeal Confirms Unauthorised Individuals Can Lawfully Perform Tasks That Amount To The Conduct Of Litigation, Provided They Do So For And On Behalf Of, And Under The Supervision Of, An Authorised Person Who Is “carrying On” That Litigation

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Achieving An Orderly End: Reasonable Notice Of Termination In The Absence Of An Express Term

United Kingdom Commercial

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Nottingham Attacks Inquiry Begins (Video)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Rothera Bray

Charting The EU AI Act Timeline – Key Dates From Adoption To Application

European Union Technology

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Lewis Silkin

The Business Behind Sport: What Makes Sports Sponsorship (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

From Soil To Shares: Professional Advisor Guidance For Farm Divorce (Video)

United Kingdom Family

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Lerners LLP

Cittadinanza Italiana Jure SanguinisGuida alla Nuova Legge 2025 (Parte 1) (Video)

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Latitude Law

Commercial Court Report For 2024-2025 Highlights Another Busy Year

The report reveals a sustained high caseload, a strong international focus and an increasing number of arbitration applications.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

How Courts Interpret Deadlines In Commercial Contracts: SLD v PAK [2026]

The recent Commercial Court ruling in SLD v PAK [2026] EWHC 449 (Comm) warns businesses relying on time limits to enforce strict compliance.

United Kingdom Commercial

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Barnes Law

How Case Managers Support Clients During And After Compensation Claims (Video)

For individuals who have suffered a serious injury, the journey through a compensation claim can be complex, lengthy and emotionally demanding. Alongside legal teams, case managers...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

English Court Of Appeal Confirms Limits On Appeals From Section 68 Decisions

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an attempt to appeal a High Court decision refusing a section 68 challenge to an arbitral award, reinforcing the limited scope for judicial intervention...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Undisclosed Principals In English Law: Lessons From MSH v HCS

United Kingdom Commercial

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Barnes Law

Russian Aircraft Policy Claims: Update On Permission To Appeal Applications

United Kingdom Insurance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Arbitral Confidentiality Vs. Specific Disclosure Applications Before The English Courts Where There Is A Suspected 'Sham' Arbitration

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

AI In The Courtroom: Key Takeaways From Recent Decisions In The Courts Of England And Wales

United Kingdom Litigation

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Court Of Appeal Overturns Ruling In CILEX And Others v Mazur And Others

United Kingdom Litigation

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Limitation Period Applies To Unfair Prejudice Petitions Under Section 994 Of The Companies Act 2006 (THG Plc v Zedra Trust Company (Jersey))

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gatehouse Chambers

Resetting The Rules On Unfair Prejudice Claims: THG v Zedra [2026]

United Kingdom Litigation

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Barnes Law

High Court Imposes Constructive Trust Over Properties Purchased With Misappropriated Company Funds

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

FIDIC Notice Of Contractor Claim Under Sub-Clause 20.1 Required Where Variation Procedure Not Followed

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

State Immunity And ICSID Awards: The UK Supreme Court Joins International Consensus On Enforcement

Worldwide Litigation

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Resetting The Rules On Unfair Prejudice Claims: THG v Zedra [2026]

The Supreme Court's decision in THG v Zedra Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd [2026] UKSC 6 removes a developing limitation defence in unfair prejudice claims. The position is now clear: there is no statutory longstop.

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Barnes Law

High Court Imposes Constructive Trust Over Properties Purchased With Misappropriated Company Funds

The decision also demonstrates that a party may, in appropriate circumstances, be bound by the factual findings made in earlier proceedings to which it was not a party.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

FIDIC Notice Of Contractor Claim Under Sub-Clause 20.1 Required Where Variation Procedure Not Followed

Last year, I wrote in International Quarterly, Issue 40 about a recent Privy Council decision relating to a FIDIC-based contract and said it was a rare treat...

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

State Immunity And ICSID Awards: The UK Supreme Court Joins International Consensus On Enforcement

On 4 March 2026, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (the "Supreme Court") held in Kingdom of Spain v Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.À.R.L. and Republic of Zimbabwe v Border Timbers Ltd that Spain...

Worldwide Litigation

Aceris Law

A Taxing SLAPP: The First Judicial Test Of The UK's Anti-SLAPP Regime

United Kingdom Litigation

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Lewis Silkin

Suspended Sentences, Early Release And Overcrowding: Understanding The Sentencing Act 2026

You would be forgiven for blinking and missing the implementation of the Sentencing Act 20261 (‘the Act), some of which came into force on 22 March 2026.

United Kingdom Criminal

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BCL Solicitors LLP

Real Burdens: A Real Problem For Rural Development?

Increasingly, Scotland’s rural businesses are looking to diversify. That can take many forms.

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

The "£ In, £ Out” Argument: The Court Of Appeal’s Definition Of Loss In Afan Valley V Lupton Fawcett.

In Afan Valley Ltd (in Administration, acting by Robert Armstrong and Andrew Knowles as Joint Administrators) and 42 others v Lupton Fawcett LLP...

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Court Of Appeal Finds Expert's Determination Was Not Manifestly In Error

The decision confirms that the general test for "manifest error" applies to questions of contractual interpretation whether or not they involve mathematical formulae.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Cross-examining AI – Episode 1: Civil Justice Council AI Consultation And Latest Developments In AI And Privilege (Podcast)

United Kingdom Technology

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

How To Resolve Boundary Disputes: What 5 Years Of Practice Has Taught Me (23 March 2026)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

When Is A Freezing Order Not A Freezing Order? Hughes v Bellamy [2026] EWHC 237 (Ch) - Paul Downes KC, Joseph Sullivan & Maya Chilaeva

United Kingdom Commercial

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Quadrant Chambers

Are You An Unwitting Sponsor – Could You Be A More Effective Conscious Sponsor?

United Kingdom Litigation

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Gatehouse Chambers

Preliminary Opinion Of The Enlarged Board Of Appeal On Description Amendments (G 1/25)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Boult Wade Tennant

UK Supreme Court Confirms States Party To The ICSID Convention Cannot Rely On Immunity To Avoid Recognition Of ICSID Awards

United Kingdom Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Bitesize Boilerplate: Small Clauses, Big Impact - Focus On Assignment

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gowling WLG

CAT Ruling On Pass-on In Merchant Interchange Fee Umbrella Proceedings

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Mutual Agreement Procedures (MAP): OECD Publishes New Manual For Effective International Tax Disputes

United Kingdom Tax

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Macfarlanes LLP

Privy Council Gives Guidance On Assessing Reasonable Notice For Terminating A Distribution Agreement Where There Is No Express Termination Clause

United Kingdom Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

English Court Of Appeal Confirms Scope Of Its Power To Grant Permission To Appeal Certain First Instance Decisions

United Kingdom Litigation

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Mayer Brown

From Findings To Fixes: Closing The Loop On Investigations

European Union Employment

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NAVEX

Just Out Of Reach Of The Long Arm Of The UPC: Court Of Appeal Confirms Limits Of Long-Arm Jurisdiction

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

Does The Family Court System Accommodate Neurodivergent Parents Fairly?

United Kingdom Family

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Buckles Law

When "No Later Than" Is Not Enough: Calver J On Refund Guarantees, Conditions, Innominate Terms And Commercial Common Sense

United Kingdom Litigation

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Quadrant Chambers

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AlixPartners

If A Child Has An EHCP In Place, Do They Also Need A Care Plan? (Video)

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

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IBB Law

UPC Unpacked: Special Edition (Video)

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HLK

Dispute Resolution Round-Up - July 2024 (Video)

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Travers Smith LLP

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