If you draft contracts, you want to ensure, if there's ever a dispute, that the court agrees with your meaning. As a litigator, you will want the words to mean whatever your client wants them to mean. Either way, you need to...more
2/6/2025
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Business Litigation ,
Contract Disputes ,
Contract Drafting ,
Contract Interpretation ,
Contract Terms ,
Dispute Resolution ,
EU ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Risk Management ,
UK
Entire agreement clauses are very common. This recent decision confirms their effectiveness: JMW Solicitors v Injury Lawyers 4U.
Background – shareholder dispute -
Some firms of solicitors, including JMW, set up a...more
1/15/2025
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Commercial Litigation ,
Contract Terms ,
Corporate Governance ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Estoppel ,
EU ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Shareholders ,
Shareholders' Agreements ,
Summary Judgment ,
UK
I went to an excellent talk by Michael Fealy QC to the London Solicitors Association about termination. The main thing I took away was his deceptively simple route map to approaching this thorny subject. ...more
Lonsdale v National Westminster Bank [2018] EWHC 1843 (QB) (18 July 2018) -
A bank was ordered to disclose, to a customer, suspicious activity reports (SARs) that the bank had sent to the National Crime Agency (NCA) at the...more
If, following a breach of contract, the innocent party benefits from its mitigation, then, ordinarily, that benefit will reduce the loss that can be claimed for breach. In Fulton Shipping Inc of Panama v Globalia Business...more