By Sebina Noreen Malik In the High Court (Zacaroli J) considered whether a dissolved company, that did not exist, could be granted a freezing order whilst there was a pending application to restore the company to the register by the company director and shareholder. Background The claimant, a company that was dissolved, had applied for [...]
By Sebina Noreen Malik The High Court has held that various actions in relation to horse racing, and to the collection and distribution of data do not constitute an infringement of copyright or database rights. There are two types of horse racing data involved in this case and a few of the key points include:- [...]
By Sebina Noreen Malik Disclosure in commercial litigation is an expensive process. To reduce the increasing cost of litigation and to achieve a more efficient and cost effective approach to disclosure, the Courts introduced the Disclosure Pilot Scheme (DPS), which applies to cases in the Business and Property Court proceedings from 1 January 2019, including [...]
By Sebina Noreen Malik The County Courts (Interest on Judgment Debts) (Amendment) Order 2019 was made on 24 April 2019 and shall come into force on 27 May 2019. The 2019 Order amends the County Courts (Interest on Judgment Debts) Order 1991 to align with the provisions with rule 40.8 of the Civil Procedure Rules [...]
By Sebina Noreen Malik The Hight Court has held that an individual’s right to privacy has been breached by the publication of a news article containing information about him relating to an investigation. The Claimant was a businessman and the chief executive of a UK company who had applied for an injunction to remove a [...]
By Kalvin P. Chapman I have been a qualified solicitor for five years, prior to that I had 18 months as a trainee solicitor and ~four years as a paralegal. Save for a short period I have always worked in litigation. I therefore have seen what is “usual” over that period, including the errors people [...]
By Kalvin P Chapman During the IRHP review, most lawyers became aware that where it could RBS would impose an alternative IRHP product on an SME. The alternative product meant, over-all, that RBS paid little or nothing. As such, any dispute with RBS must include a consideration of what to do if RBS rejects the [...]
It was hoped that the banking industries' long running PPI headache would come to an end in August 2019, with the announcement by the FCA of a deadline for bringing PPI claims. The FCA has now embarked upon a significant advertising campaign to try and attract those customers who have never previously complained, whilst also [...]
By Kalvin P Chapman The Press Gazette has printed an article claiming that Rochdale Online, a news site, had sued the Manchester Evening News in the small claims court, arguing a breach of copyright, and won. We have been unable to see the pleadings in the case or the judgment and neither Rochdale Online nor [...]
By Kalvin P Chapman On 7 October 2008 a telephone call took place that will most certainly feature in economics and politics books for decades to come. The Chairman of RBS had called the Chancellor, Alastair Darling, to tell him the bank was insolvent, could not close its books and wanted to know what the [...]