Commercial Briefing (Part 9) – Spring 2019
21st Feb 2019
In this article, Andrew Bowen QC looks at the case of One Step (Support) Ltd v Morris‐Garner [2018] 2 W.L.R. 1353 where the Supreme Court considered the circumstances in which damages for breach of...
Commercial Briefing (Part 8) – Autumn 2018
16th Nov 2018
Andrew Bowen QC discusses Illegality, One-Man Companies and Supine Directors: Singularis Holdings Ltd (In Official Liquidation) v Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 84. Click here to...
Family Briefing (Part 2) – Autumn 2018
5th Nov 2018
Valerie Sterling, Head of the Family Team, discusses applications to vary under section 31 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. Click here to download....
Commercial Briefing (Part 7) – Autumn 2018
27th Sep 2018
In this article, Andrew Bowen QC considers the Supreme Court ruling in Tiuta International Ltd v De Villiers Surveyors Ltd [2017] 1 W.L.R. 4627 in respect of the complex issue of collateral benefit at...
Family Briefing (Part 1) – Autumn 2018
29th Aug 2018
Valerie Sterling, Head of the Family Team, poses the question 'when can an unmarried father lose parental responsibility for his child?' Click here to download....
Commercial Briefing (Part 6) – Summer 2018
26th Jun 2018
Textualism and Contextualism in the Interpretation of Avoidably Opaque Contract Terms - click here for the full article. In this article, Andrew Bowen QC considers contractual interpretation in...
Commercial Briefing – Spring 2018 (Part 5)
9th May 2018
Consideration, Anti-Oral Variation Clauses and 'Collateral Unilateral Contracts'. In this article, Andrew Bowen QC looks at consideration, anti‐oral variation clauses and collateral unilateral...
Commercial Briefing – Spring 2018 (Part 4)
9th May 2018
Unjust Enrichment and Adjusting Relationships on a Fictionalised Basis. In this article, Andrew Bowen QC looks at the Supreme Court judgement in Lowick Rose LLP (in liquidation) v Swynson Ltd...
Commercial Briefing – Spring 2018 (Part 3)
9th May 2018
A Duty of Good Faith and a Principle of Futility in Commercial Contracts? In this article, Andrew Bowen QC looks at the duty of good faith and principle of futility in commercial contracts. He...
Commercial Briefing – Spring 2018 (Part 2)
20th Mar 2018
Anthropomorphism and attribution; carousel fraud and the illegality defence (part 2). The author considers company fraud and the illegality defence in light of Bilta (UK) Ltd (in liquidation) v...