With the property market picking up across the country and interest rates remaining low, property development may seem like an attractive opportunity to make some profit.

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".

Section 233B of the Insolvency Act 1986 (introduced by the recent Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020) imposes significant changes on supply contracts. In summary, it prevents a supplier from ceasing to supply a customer simply because the customer has become insolvent.

PACT (Professional Arbitration on Court Terms) was introduced by a joint working party involving RICS, the Law Society and the Independent Surveyors and Valuers Association in 1997.

Understanding who you are contracting with may seem simple. However, particularly in the case where you are contracting with a company within a larger group the position may become more complicated.

Solicitors negligence; but would you have done anything different?

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

The title of this article may seem strange. The general consensus has been that the costs a party incurs in preparing and pursuing its claim in adjudication are not recoverable. However, a recent court case has led some to claim that costs are recoverable.

Design rights are territorial. Within the EU, a UK designer may seek to register their design in the UK or across the EU. In both the UK and the EU, there is also a limited unregistered right.

We are all accustomed to seeing Gary Lineker’s smiling face with a packet of Walkers crisps in his hand and Peter Kay enjoying a pint of John Smiths as the use of celebrities to promote brands and products is well established.