James Bickford Smith
Littleton Chambers
Articles
What now? - Government Consultation on Non-Compete Covenants
United Kingdom - December 17 2020 "What's going on"? Is a fair response to the Government's latest consultation on non-competition clauses ("NCs") It was only yesterday (February 2018…
Commercial Court rules on claim for declaratory relief in context of ongoing foreign proceedings
United Kingdom - September 11 2020 In an important judgment handed down today (reported at [2020] EWHC 2436 (Comm)), the Hon Mrs Justice Cockerill ruled on BNP Paribas SA's claims for…
Expulsions and Forced Retirements in Partnerships and LLPs
United Kingdom - July 23 2020 In this webinar Jonathan Cohen QC, James Bickford Smith, and Sophia Berry covered the following: Decision-making and the exercise of powers…
Supreme Court issues ground-breaking company law decision
United Kingdom - July 16 2020 The Supreme Court yesterday handed down judgment in Marex Financial Ltd v Sevilleja [2020] UKSC 31 allowing the appeal and fundamentally restricting…
Disapplying the CPR’s deemed service rules
United Kingdom - September 10 2019 The CPR contain a number of provisions concerning when a document is deemed to have been served. One of these, introduced by amendment in 2011, is…
