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  1. Australia

    1. Sydney NSW

      Level 31, Citigroup Centre, 2 Park Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia T 61 2 1300 761 139 F 61 2 1300 761 156
  2. England

    1. Birmingham

      King Edward House, 135a New Street, Birmingham B2 4QQ, England T 44 121 633 2233 F 44 121 633 2200
    2. Brentwood

      Ewing House, 130 Kings Road, Brentwood CM14 4EA, England T 44 1277 233 636 F 44 1277 219 175
    3. Chelmsford

      Greenwood House, 91/99 New London Road, Chelmsford CM2 0PP, England T 44 8458 384 800 F 44 8458 384 801
    4. London

      25 Fenchurch Avenue, London EC3M 5AD, England T 44 20 7667 9667 F 44 20 7667 9777
  3. Hong Kong

    1. Hong Kong

      11th Floor, Hong Kong Club Building, 3A Chater Road, Cenrtal, Hong Kong, Hong Kong T 852 2848 6300 F 852 2848 6333
  4. Ireland

    1. Belfast

      5th Floor, Lesley Buildings, 61-65 Fountain Street, Belfast BT1 5EX, Ireland T 44 2890 240 067 F 44 2890 315 557
    2. Dublin

      Ulysses House, Foley Street, Dublin 1, Ireland T 971 4 325 4900 F 971 4 325 4646
  5. New Zealand

    1. Auckland

      Level 6, 70 Shortland Street, PO Box 3158, Auckland, New Zealand T 64 9 379 9011 F 64 9 379 9025
  6. Singapore

    1. Singapore

      80 Raffles Place, 44-05 UOB Plaza 1, Singapore 048624, Singapore T 65 6671 7400 F 65 6671 7401
  7. United Arab Emirates

    1. Dubai

      Po Box 212620, 403 Sheikh Essa Tower, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, United Arab Emirates T 971 4 321 5685 F 971 4 321 5695
  8. USA

    1. Miami FL

      Espirito Santo Plaza, 1395 Brickell Avenue Suite 610, Miami FL 33131, USA T 1 305 371 1111 F 1 305 374 8066 W
  1. The “new” Corporate Manslaughter Act - five years since introduction

    United Kingdom - May 10 2013

    July last year saw conviction and sentencing in only the third successful corporate manslaughter prosecution since the Corporate Manslaughter and

  2. Nuisance - confirmation of old principles and costs considerations

    United Kingdom - May 10 2013

    We previously reported on the case of Barr and others v Biffa Waste Services Limited, in which the Court of Appeal held Biffa liable in nuisance to

  3. Highways authorities: inspections of roads

    United Kingdom - May 8 2013

    Court of Appeal upholds finding that highways authority liable for accident involving defective road but subject to 50 per cent contributory

  4. Strict liability for fire

    United Kingdom - May 10 2013

    In the recent judgment of Stannard (TA Wyvern Tyres) v Gore 2012 EWCA Civ 1248 the Court of Appeal set out a useful summary of the current law on

  5. Funding: costs orders against claimants’ solicitors

    United Kingdom - May 10 2013

    Court of Appeal holds that funding of disbursements did not render Claimants’ solicitors liable to pay Defendants’ costs; disclosure ordered to allow

  1. Disclosure of accident reports - Lam Chan Hung v Hang Yue Engineering Ltd HCPI 121 2011 (March 2013)

    United Kingdom - May 14 2013

    In this case, the Court reiterated that accident reports are always discoverable if their primary or dominant purpose is to report on the

  2. EC Interim payment - Mohammed Sayeed v Leighton Road Hotel Management Services Limited DCEC 5732012

    United Kingdom - May 14 2013

    The employee in this case succeeded in his application for interim payment in an employees' compensation proceedings. It used to be unusual for

  3. Fine for building contractor following death of worker

    United Kingdom - May 10 2013

    On 4 October 2012 Mold Crown Court ordered Watkin Jones & Sons to pay a £450,000 fine and £98,000 prosecution costs following the death of a worker

  4. Olympic park build success

    United Kingdom - May 10 2013

    Now that the Olympics are a distant memory there is an opportunity to not only reflect on the sporting achievements but the impressive health and

  5. Health and safety inspections cut for low risk businesses

    United Kingdom - May 10 2013

    Last year the Department for Business Innovation and Skills released a press statement which announced that low risk businesses will not be subject