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“Hardwicke is an amazing chambers with gifted barristers particularly in commercial, construction, insurance and property law” (Legal 500). It also…
Hardwicke | United Kingdom | 24 Feb 2021
LGBT+ History Month - Celebrating the “T” - Digging for Trans History - Trans People, Terminology and Legal Identities
We now have a number of "History Months". Black History Month dates back to 1926 in the US. They exist to encourage a focus on and celebration of…
Hardwicke | United Kingdom | 24 Feb 2021
Mistaken Payments and Mistakes of Law under the Limitation Act 1980
The FII Group Litigation (‘FII’) was established by an Order made on 8 October 2003 with the purpose of determining common or related questions of…
Hardwicke | United Kingdom | 18 Feb 2021
Sailing into the sunset? The High Court warns against misuse of a director’s loan account: Re Saint George Investment Holdings Ltd Manolete Partners plc v Matta and others [2020] EWHC 2965 (Ch)
At the end of last year judgment was handed down by Pat Treacy J in a matter notable for the unusual attitudes of a director towards the company's…
Hardwicke | United Kingdom | 17 Feb 2021
M/T Prestige litigation and arbitration: key takeaways
The latest two decisions arising out of the aftermath of the Prestige oil spill in 2002 have shed some light on three major areas of the English law…
Hardwicke | United Kingdom | 12 Feb 2021
Abuse of process? Res judicata and collateral attacks on prior decisions after Allsop v Banner Jones Ltd and another
In Allsop v Banner Jones Ltd and another, the Court of Appeal considered the application of Phosphate Sewage v Molleson to applications to strike out…
Hardwicke | United Kingdom | 10 Feb 2021
LGBT+ History Month - celebrating the “G”
The last year has been particularly challenging for us all and especially so for members of the LGBT+ community, with almost one quarter of Young…
Hardwicke | United Kingdom | 4 Feb 2021
Pallett v MGN: the unintended consequences of Part 36?
The very recent decision in Pallett v MGN Limited is probably one the most significant decisions as regards the operation of Part 36 for many years…
Hardwicke | United Kingdom | 4 Feb 2021
Animal Strikes and the Law
A complicated area of law involving animals is liability for an injury caused by an Animal knocking the claimant over. The usual suspects in such…
Hardwicke | United Kingdom | 4 Feb 2021
LGBT+ History Month - Lesbian Love, the Law and Law Makers - celebrating the “L”
The law and law makers have long struggled with lesbian love and the very existence of lesbians and their relationships. Male homosexuality and the…
Hardwicke | United Kingdom | 4 Feb 2021
“The whole truth and nothing but the truth”: New rules on witness statement April 2021
Many of you will be aware that the wording of the statement of truth changed last April 2020 and is now far more detailed and explicit. This has been…
