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Extension of the Fixed Recoverable Costs (FRC) regime in civil litigation. 10th August 2023 . The Topline “Extension of the FRC regime in civil litigation – where the costs recoverable by the successful party from the unsuccessful party are set or ‘fixed’ – is imminent.

Sep 8, 2022 · FCA’s new Consumer Duty: What firms need to know. 8th September 2022 . On 27 July 2022 the FCA published its Policy Statement and Guidance on the new Consumer Duty that will require higher standard of customer care. Please see our earlier briefings for information on the consultation processes which led to the introduction of the new Duty.

Recovery of legal costs: To issue or not to issue? That is the question... 1st July 2016 . Following the introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) and the more recent Jackson reforms, the courts are increasingly keen for parties to attempt to resolve their disputes without recourse to litigation. To that end, the CPR include various Pre-Action …

Apr 21, 2023 · Breach of contract: Back to basics. The basic, common law position [1] is that a contract can only be terminated if the actions of a breaching party go right to the core of the contract and substantially deprive the innocent party of the benefit the contract was intended to confer. (Such a breach is also known as a repudiation, or a repudiatory breach.)

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Sep 10, 2024 · As of 26 October 2024, employers will be required to comply with a new duty to prevent sexual harassment. This will place an anticipatory duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their workers from other workers and third parties.

Jul 14, 2023 · Philipp v Barclays Bank [2] finally resolves the issue of whether this duty applies where customers authorise transactions as the result of fraud committed against them. The Supreme Court ruling that the Quincecare duty does not operate in the context of APP fraud [3] where the customer has unequivocally given the payment instruction (even if this was caused by fraud) will be welcome for ...

Feb 23, 2023 · Oral contracts: Lessons from the Supreme Court. 23rd February 2023 . The Supreme Court’s decision in Barton v Morris [1] emphasises the risks of entering into oral contracts and the value in properly documenting commercial arrangements. Walker Morris commented recently on the dangers associated with informal contracting. In this follow up article, Louise Norbury-Robinson, Jack Heward and ...

Nov 1, 2013 · Execution of documents: FAQs. 1st November 2013 . We are regularly asked about the formalities of executing documents. The following are ten of the most frequently asked questions.