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DAC Beachcroft | United Kingdom | 14 Dec 2020
The decision in Powis Street Estates (No 3) Ltd v (1) Wallace LLP (2) Cradick Retail LLP [2020] EWHC 1692 is a reminder of the risks to solicitors in…
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4 Pump Court | United Kingdom | 27 Nov 2020
This tax decision of the Supreme Court will be of interest not just to tax specialists but to a broad range of civil practitioners. The decision…
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DAC Beachcroft | United Kingdom | 18 Aug 2020
The effect of the Limitation (Childhood Abuse) (Scotland) Act 2017, and whether a claim for historic abuse in Scotland should be allowed to proceed in…
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DAC Beachcroft | United Kingdom | 10 Aug 2020
We are really pleased to have won in the Court of Appeal in Holt v Holley & Steer [2020] EWCA Civ 851. The case provides new guidance on the…
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Stevens & Bolton LLP | United Kingdom | 17 Jun 2020
A recent case in the High Court has reaffirmed the critical importance of time limits in litigation, with a claim against Royal Bank of Scotland…
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Clyde & Co LLP | United Kingdom | 30 Dec 2019
The Claimant was the daughter of a British soldier, and as a child, heard the Hyde Park bomb detonate from her nursery. She witnessed the injured…
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Squire Patton Boggs | United Kingdom | 29 Nov 2019
In Howard and another v Bank of Scotland plc [2019] a claim by borrowers alleging that their lender negligently overvalued their property, was struck…
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DAC Beachcroft | United Kingdom | 31 Oct 2019
The question of whether a limitation defence may defeat a claim for abuse many years ago has been considered by the Court in its recent judgment in…
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Tay & Partners | Malaysia, United Kingdom | 26 Aug 2019
The Limitation (Amendment) Act 2018 ("Amendment Act"), which was passed by the Malaysian Parliament on 4 April 2018, will finally come into force on…
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Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP | Canada | 19 Aug 2019
Earlier this year the Court of Appeal released its decision in Presley v Van Dusen[1] (“Presley”) which considers, among other things, the “proper…