A leading Midlands law firm has announced the appointment of two newly-qualified solicitors following the completion of their training contracts. Gemma Macintyre and Melissa Scott have begun their roles as solicitors at Wright Hassall, in Leamington Spa.

Letters of intent are widely used in the construction sector where the employer wants to get on with the project and does not want to, or cannot, wait until the building contract has been negotiated and signed.

What does “best endeavours” mean? This was an issue in Jet2.com Ltd v Blackpool Airport Ltd; fasten your seatbelts…

Paddy Power Betfair has been fined £2.2 million by the Gambling Commission for permitting stolen money to be gambled.

The above question is frequently asked by parties who wish to incorporate their own standard terms into a contract but are faced with the other contracting party’s conflicting terms.

An often quoted rule in litigation proceedings is “there is no property in a witness”. Put simply, just because one party to proceedings has taken a statement from a witness does not prevent the other party from also seeking to do so.

A leading Midlands law firm has boosted its commercial litigation team after recruiting a senior HMRC tax specialist to a tax consultancy role.

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Landlords will be aware that, following the introduction of Practice Direction 55Z to the Civil Procedure Rules, all possession proceedings, or any steps (directions) in connection with live proceedings, were stayed until 23 August 2020.

The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Robinson -v- P E Jones Contractors Limited is likely to become a landmark ruling, not only on the subject of concurrent liability in contract and the tort of negligence but also on the wide issue of the liability of builders in the tort of negligence for building defects.