LEXLAW Solicitors & Barristers
Unpaid invoices and bad debts cost UK businesses billions each year. This comprehensive 2026 guide explains every stage of commercial debt recovery in England and Wales, from pre-action letters and court proceedings to statutory demands, winding-up petitions, and judgment enforcement, with relevant case law and practical strategic advice.
Compulsory mediation is now mandatory for small claims under £10,000. Our litigation specialists are masters of ADR and regularly help clients navigate mediation in England & Wales.
In addressing the challenge of stalled litigation, the Civil Procedure Rules provide an extensive legal framework designed to facilitate swift and just resolution of cases. Central to this framework is the overriding objective of the CPR, which mandates that cases should be handled justly and at proportionate cost.
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Business Banking (APPG) has sought judicial review against the FCA’s decision to not take any further action following the results of the Swift Review.
A recent case of Beattie Passive Norse Ltd Anor v Canham Consulting Ltd highlights the importance of causation and repercussions of providing an inaccurate value of a claim.
Piepenbrock v Associated Newspapers [2020] EWHC 1708 is another case concerning where and when service may occur on the Defendant’s solicitors. The facts are similar to the Court of Appeal case of Woodward v Phoenix Healthcare Distribution (which Lexlaw were instructed on). The Claimant, a litigant in person, purportedly served the Claim Form on the last day of its four month validity period via email on the Defendants’ solicitors, who had not confirmed whether they were authorised to accept service. This amounted to a failure to effect service of the Claim Form. Applications to the Court to validate service were refused and the claim dismissed highlighting the dangers of ‘DIY litigation’ and the importance of instructing a specialist litigation team.
A litigation court order for indemnity costs means the party that lost has been ordered to pay a higher costs contribution to the winner than is standard. Judges…
Conversations can easily be recorded by everyday devices, but can those recordings be deployed in litigation before the UK courts?
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]…
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.