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

A question that is arising frequently now is "Has the NEC4 made material changes?"

A legislative amendment designed to solve an anomaly whereby tenants with unprotected, or minor, tenancies receive less ‘disturbance’ compensation under a CPO than either licensees or tenants with protected tenancies has, for HS2 compensation claimants, ended up creating a two-tier compensation system.

The obligation on solicitors to advise in respect of the different ways of funding litigation applies to commercial entities as well as individuals.

A recent appeal decision considered whether camping pods are caravans for planning purposes.

The question supposes that arbitration is sick. In the case of Domestic English Arbitration, it has been ailing for some time. The Arbitration 1996 (“the Act”) is a good statute. It was meant to cure arbitration in England and Wales. It didn’t.

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.

Farmers need urgent clarity on how they can continue making a living under new payment rules that come into effect when the Brexit transition period ends on 31 December, according to WH agricultural lawyer, Joel Woolf.

This article proposes how English Construction Law can be improved. Increasing clarity and certainty and making legal terminology accessible to a wide public would be good starting point as would codifying Construction Law. This would not only give structure to a mass of caselaw, statute law and regulations, but also to ensure that any new Code is applied fairly.

The announcement by the Prime Minister in October 2023 that he was cancelling Phase 2 of HS2 was met with a justified barrage of criticism by proponents and opponents alike. The question now, is whether or not those who have had their land compulsorily purchased but which is now surplus to requirements, will be able to recover it and, if so, how.