Keep it in the family: linked re-financing parties protected against negligent advisers
Where a loan is re-financed by a party related to the original lender the Court of Appeal confirms that the original lender was not prevented from seeking recovery actions against negligent advisers.
20 July 2015
Legal responsibility for flooding ; our article for In House Lawyer (April 2014)
As the winter's floods recede, questions will be asked about how we should deal with flooding and who should pay. Michael Barlow examines the principles behind a claim arising from flood damage.
03 April 2014
Insurers are on an uncertain footing with new EU's data regime
Thomas Webb and David Varney have co-authored an article on the new European anti-money laundering rules and their impact on insurers.
10 June 2016
Insurance update - Reinstatement
Our March insurance briefing looks at reinstatement and considers the significant decision made in the insured's favour in the case of Western Trading v Great Lakes.
30 March 2015
Keep Calm and Carry On?
Non-doms who hoped a Conservative victory in the Election to mean five more years of the same tax treatment have been disappointed. From 9 July, the whole non-dom tax system may have changed forever.
16 July 2015
Internal Investigations: balancing privilege with FCA engagement
There is tension between asserting legal entitlement and cooperating with the FCA. How should firms conduct investigations to protect themselves and enable them to engage appropriately with the FCA?
26 April 2016
Insuring the cost of prosecutions and regulatory investigations
Regulatory investigation or criminal prosecution can strain businesses. This briefing overviews the insurance available to cover the cost of defending prosecutions and regulatory investigations.
30 June 2014
Interflora re-visited: Re-trial ordered in long-running dispute
In the latest chapter in the long-running keyword advertising dispute between Interflora and Marks & Spencer, the Court of Appeal has allowed M&S’s appeal against the Judgment of Arnold J in May 2013.
17 November 2014
International Taxation ; September 2013
Byrne and Carnochan have contributed articles to the September edition of International Taxation. Read 'Commercial Uses of Trusts' and 'The Enactment of a UK 'General Anti-Abuse Rule' GAAR here.
25 September 2013
International emissions schemes update
Presentation slides from the International emissions schemes update, 28 May 2013.
23 August 2013
International Comparative Legal Guide to Environment & Climate Change Law 2016
Burges Salmon Senior Associates Truman and Tilling take an in depth look at the separation of international nuclear regulation from European environmental law.
07 April 2016
Internationally mobile employees - is their “base” for pensions and tax the same?
There has been an interesting recent case on the meaning of “Ordinarily working in Great Britain” for the purposes of auto enrolment in an employer’s pension plan which bears thinking about.
29 January 2016