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DAC Beachcroft LLP is a leading international legal business with offices across the UK, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. We partner with our…
DAC Beachcroft | United Kingdom | 6 May 2021
Regulatory outlook part 1 - lessons from recent cases
In recent months, there does now appear to be more recognition of solicitors’ personal circumstances which might require the SRA to take a different…
DAC Beachcroft | European Union, United Kingdom | 6 May 2021
Top themes and takeaways from the 2021 ICO Conference
Yesterday (5th May 2021) the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) held its annual Data Protection Conference and provided a full day of content on…
DAC Beachcroft | United Kingdom | 6 May 2021
Tenants’ office requirements post-Covid
As occupiers tentatively start to think about a return to the office following more than a year at home, many companies will be reassessing whether…
DAC Beachcroft | United Kingdom | 6 May 2021
Duties owed by solicitors and trade unions
The case of Langley v GMB & Ors [2020] EWCH 3619 QB provides useful guidance on the duties owed by solicitors and trade unions in employment matters…
DAC Beachcroft | United Kingdom | 6 May 2021
Regulatory outlook part 2 - a change of approach by the SRA?
Some commentators are questioning whether the SRA will become more lenient in light of increased criticism, both from the Courts and from the…
DAC Beachcroft | United Kingdom | 6 May 2021
Wasted costs applications on the rise?
We have seen an increase in wasted costs applications against solicitors; whether this is a result of the pandemic or not it is difficult to say…
DAC Beachcroft | United Kingdom | 6 May 2021
Will Rectification
After residential and commercial property, Wills & Probate is the next single largest category of claim faced by solicitors and their Insurers. At an…
DAC Beachcroft | United Kingdom | 6 May 2021
A Hard Solicitors’ PI market
As well as dealing with business resilience issues arising out of COVID 19, solicitors are also facing some of the hardest Professional Indemnity…
DAC Beachcroft | United Kingdom | 6 May 2021
Practice Reminders - treating your client account as a bank account
To illustrate the Rule, the SRA has produced an updated Warning Notice which provides guidance on use of client account and provides some case…
DAC Beachcroft | United Kingdom | 6 May 2021
Collateral attack, different parties, seldom an abuse - PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP v BTI 2014 LLC [2021] EWCA Civ 9.
The judgment considers the law on abuse of process in cases where there is no res judicata or issue estoppel.
