Whether you are an SME that often finds yourself having to accept your suppliers’ standard terms in order to close the deal, or you are an entity that has the commercial clout to be able to impose your own standard terms in your commercial arrangements.

The cost of intellectual property protection is notoriously high, particularly if you are seeking worldwide protection. It is a common misconception, however, that protection only arises when a registration of a particular intellectual property right is successfully achieved.

It is difficult for a landlord in the current climate to achieve the onerous conditions he used to be able to achieve - such as compliance with lease covenants – in lease break clauses.

Suppliers and customers would ideally prefer to rely on their own respective standard conditions. Sometimes supplier and purchaser present each other with their own standard terms resulting in two conflicting documents jockeying for precedence; the so-called "battle of the forms".

The relationship between trustee and beneficiary is a fiduciary relationship. Beneficiaries rely upon the trustee to act at all times exclusively in the best interests of the trust and to fully engage in any decisions that relate to the trust.

Agriculture is a hazardous industry. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the lead regulator for the agricultural industry, says that in the last ten years almost one person a week has been killed as a direct result of agricultural work. Even through the pandemic, more than a thousand non-fatal injuries occurred in the industry last year. So if an accident happens, what do you do?

The Supreme Court is hearing our client’s appeal against a ruling by the Court of Appeal (which upheld an earlier High Court decision) that in an Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (“the 1975 Act”) claim, the success fee payable under a CFA the claimant entered into with her solicitors, should form part of her financial needs when assessing what award should be made under the 1975 Act.

A default judgment it is a judgment which has been obtained by a claimant by default because the defendant has failed to respond to the claim. The judgment is granted without the court considering any evidence or submissions from the defendant.

There are a number of grounds to contest a will. This article is part of a series which aims to identify whether it is possible to contest a will. One of the grounds for contesting a will is that the person who made the will (known as the testator) was subjected to undue influence.

One of the grounds for challenging the validity of a will is that the person who made the will did not have the relevant mental capacity to understand his actions.