Sep 30, 2022 Arbitration Act review: 4 - Arbitrator immunity By Stevens & Bolton LLP Following on from our previous commentaries on the Law Commission’s Consultation Paper (“CP”) summarising its review of the Arbitration...
Sep 29, 2022 Arbitration Act review: 3 - Discrimination By Catherine Penny In its Consultation Paper (CP) in connection with its Review of the Arbitration Act 1996, the Law Commission concludes that the Act still...
Sep 28, 2022 Arbitration Act review: 2 - Arbitrator independence, impartiality and disclosure By Stevens & Bolton LLP Following on from our first commentary on the Law Commission’s recently published Consultation Paper (CP) summarising its review of the...
Sep 27, 2022 Arbitration Act review: 1 - Confidentiality By Michael Frisby In its Consultation Paper (CP) in connection with its Review of the Arbitration Act 1996, the Law Commission concludes that the Act still...
Sep 27, 2022 Validity of Advance Decisions By Rachel Tavroges-Hunter A year has passed since the case of Re PW (Jehovah's Witness: Validity of Advance Decision), a case which added to the (very) small body...
Sep 27, 2022 Red cards for Glasgow Rangers, JD Sports and Elite Sports By Gustaf Duhs As reported here, the CMA issued a Statement of Objections in June 2022 against Elite Sports, JD Sports and Rangers FC, provisionally...
Sep 26, 2022 Does mediation offer the answer to the ever growing family court backlog? By Stevens & Bolton LLP Mediation is widely promoted by responsible family lawyers and increasingly so by the judiciary. In the 2020 case of Re B (A Child)...
Sep 26, 2022 Making contracts more accessible and holding organisations accountable to their commitments By Elizabeth Butler The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has recently concluded a nine-month exercise in which it sought to simplify its standard supply...
Sep 22, 2022 Upcoming increase in deposit fees to initiate creditor bankruptcy and compulsory liquidation proceedings By Georgie Barrow From 1 November 2022, the Official Receivers' deposit fee to be paid by petitioners initiating a creditor bankruptcy or compulsory...
Sep 22, 2022 Enforcement of family orders between the UK and UAE By Sean Hilton The Ministry of Justice of the UAE have confirmed a significant decision to permit the enforcement of decisions made in the Courts of...
Sep 20, 2022 47% of adults considering taking on a second job to cope with the cost of living crisis By Stevens & Bolton LLP A recent survey by comparethemarket.com has revealed that nearly half of working adults are considering taking on a second job to cope...
Sep 13, 2022 International parental child abduction guidance published By Victoria Batstone Dealing with international parental child abduction is a highly specialist and complex area. It can, in summary, occur in one of two...