The way we live now? – Tackling unacceptable behaviour
27th Sep 2019
Sharon Beattie, along with Sam Mercer at the Bar Council, are looking for ways to ensure the safety of practitioners in what appears to be an increasingly hostile world. Sharon’s article is...
Disentangling the balance of the mind: infanticide reconsidered – Simon Kealey QC
10th Sep 2019
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Family Briefing (Part 3) – Spring 2019
10th Apr 2019
Valerie Sterling, Head of the Family Team, discusses ex parte applications for female genital mutilation protection orders pursuant to Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003. ...
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...