In appointing an agent or distributor, a supplier is effectively outsourcing part of the selling function of its business. A supplier may wish to do this for a number of reasons.

The Legal Ombudsman (LeO) for England and Wales was set up by the Office for Legal Complaints in October 2010, under the Legal Services Act 2007. It is an independent and impartial scheme set up to resolve complaints about lawyers in England and Wales, and provides a free complaints resolution service to consumers.

The development of the Intermediaries Regulations (IR35) and its impact on personal service companies has been a hot topic in recent years.

When considering a professional negligence claim, it is crucial to know whether the defendant has indemnity insurance. Without insurance, judgment may not be satisfied. Yet it is not easy to be sure and even if insurance exists it is difficult to know whether the claim has been notified to the insurer. Without notification, insurance may not pay your judgment.

This was a professional negligence claim brought by the claimant, a national housebuilding company trading as Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes (“BDW”), against the defendant, a firm of consulting geotechnical and geo-environmental engineers (“IGL”).

It seems that this case has been rumbling through the courts for a very long time; not least, because the subject matter to which it relates has not only been considered by the courts in high profile pensions cases a number of times.

Coming from a family of teachers, I know that teaching is still as much of a vocation as it has ever been.

Rooftop Housing Group’s investment in a technologically innovative, customer-focused IT system proved to be the perfect opportunity to review procurement best practice – before negotiations had even begun.

Restaurants are closed for everything except take away services. Supermarkets are struggling to supply staples, but the nation still needs feeding. Most workers will be eating at home rather than in and around the workplace for some time to come. The recipe for feeding the nation has changed with immediate effect, by government order.

We are continuing to see increasing numbers of contentious probate enquiries but what are the practical considerations to think about before embarking on this sort of litigation.