Welcome to Wright Hassall’s podcast on “Good Markets Hiding Bad Advice”.

The increase in awareness of sustainability issues in recent years has been phenomenal. It has been driven, in part, by the work of campaigners as well as forward-thinking politicians and business leaders. But it has also been prompted by the fact that the impacts of climate change are becoming ever more self-evident, from heat waves to catastrophic floods.

What are some of the contractual issues to be considered by schools and local authorities when reviewing their existing uniform contracts?

Wright Hassall acted for the shareholders of London-based Intelligent Real Estate Due Diligence (IREDD) on the sale to national insurance broker Adler Fairways.

Transfers of businesses as going concerns (TOGCs) qualify for TOGC relief if certain conditions are met. So what is and isn't a TOGC?

We helped a technology supplier with a major software licensing problem.

A written contract can be in the form of standard terms, which do not need to be signed, or terms which are signed by each party to indicate that they agree those terms. Here we consider a contract that is intended to be signed by the parties but never is.

In general, where a claimant argues that a defendant has made a misrepresentation, it is for the claimant to show that the misrepresentation induced the claimant to enter into the contract.

‘If you build it they will come’ or (for the real film buffs amongst you) – ‘if you build it he will come’.

The UK Government is taking significant steps to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) with a series of proposed reforms and legislative measures. These initiatives aim to balance the interests of creators, businesses, and AI developers while addressing ethical and legal concerns.