LEXLAW Solicitors & Barristers
The recent outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) has closed schools, cancelled major sporting events, suspended the Premier League, and forced many institutions to close or recommend employees stay at…
In Lejonvarn v Burgess and Burgess [2020] EWCA Civ 114, the Court of Appeal have confirmed that the High Court was wrong not to punish the claimants who pursued…
In Grondona v Stoffel & Co [2018] EWCA Civ 2031, the Court of Appeal placed more importance on the public policy argument of clients being able to seek damages…
The Court of Appeal handed down a significant decision on 28 January 2020 in Civil Aviation Authority v R (on behalf of the application of Jet2.com Ltd) [2020]…
The Supreme Court case of Perry v Raleys Solicitors [2019] UKSC 5 was an opportunity for the Court to consider the correct approach to determining loss of chance…
Judge Timothy Kerr handed down judgment yesterday in the case of Oliver Dean Morley (trading as Morley Estates) v. The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (case number HC-2017-002318).…
The Court of Appeal (Lord Newey, Lord Coulson and Lord Arnold sitting) have handed down the much anticipated judgement in King v City of London Corporation [2019] EWCA…
A solicitor is not under a general duty to warn clients about risks relating to matters which fall outside the scope of the client retainer; a potential professional negligence claim exists where there is a failure to warn as to risks which are material to the retainer.
The Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) is the latest independent organisation set up to offer alternative redress for businesses that have been victim to banking misconduct. On 1…
The UK Supreme Court, in the much anticipated judgment in Singularis Holdings Ltd (the “Respondent”) v Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd (the “Appellant”) [2019] UKSC 50, have unanimously…