Feb 24, 2022 BEIS consults on new Vertical Agreements Block Exemption By Gustaf Duhs The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has now launched its consultation on the proposed Competition Act 1998...
Feb 23, 2022 "Shambolic" transition to no fault divorce? By Nicola Harries The court has signaled rather vaguely that the current portal (via which online divorce petitions must be issued), will be closing...
Feb 22, 2022 Online divorce: guarding against fraud By Nicola Harries A deceitful husband who obtained a divorce without his wife knowing, has had it set aside after an 8 day hearing. Despite denying any...
Feb 17, 2022 Is Britain closed for business? By Laura Walliss Although the rumour that the Home Office was planning to discontinue the Tier 1 Investor Visa has been all over the news for the last day...
Feb 15, 2022 CMA probe into IT systems supply to UK schools By Gustaf Duhs It appears the CMA is looking into whether a decision by Education Software Solutions (ESS) to change its existing contract terms gives...
Feb 15, 2022 Online shopping hit by cost of living crisis as Studio Retail appoints administrators By Lucy Trott The swift demise of Studio Retail, in which Mike Ashley had a 28.9% shareholding, confirms that even the online retail boom is not exempt...
Feb 15, 2022 Happy Valentine’s… CMA fines JD Sports and Footasylum £4.7m for breaching interim order By Gustaf Duhs On 14 February 2022, the CMA imposed fines of c.£4.7m on JD Sports Fashion plc and Footasylum plc for having breached an interim order...
Feb 09, 2022 (A)DR and NDR – The continuing encouragement of ADR and a change in acronym By Michael Frisby The frustrations of the judiciary occasioned by parties not utilising alternative dispute procedures in particular cases come ringing out...
Feb 09, 2022 Supply chain "fragility": how the automotive sector may have to adapt to global uncertainty By Stevens & Bolton LLP That the automotive industry has been hit by the Covid pandemic, and the knock-on effect of a global semi-conductor chip shortage, is old...
Feb 04, 2022 Tuke v Hood: "novel" argument by car dealer fraudster gets short shrift in Court of Appeal By Stevens & Bolton LLP The Court of Appeal has delivered an important judgment which addresses whether a fraudster can reduce their liability to their victim by...
Feb 03, 2022 Not as good as cash - Bitcoin refused as security for costs in litigation By Stevens & Bolton LLP A successful defendant is entitled to seek to recover its costs from a claimant, but if that claimant is an impecunious company then it...
Feb 03, 2022 It’s their mistake, but is it their problem? By Catherine Penny I was fortunate enough to buy a house this week (and take on a huge debt, obviously). When the sellers’ solicitor sent through the...