Archive: April 2024

A brief round-up of important recent cases, procedural developments and hot topics for businesses to help in-house counsel stay up to date.

Discussing the judgment in Armstead v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company Ltd [2024] UKSC 6 which clarified pure economic loss.

Discussing relief from sanctions and if the test under CPR 3.9 applies in cases of a late application for permission to rely on expert evidence in a new discipline.

Discussing the Litigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill which aims to address the impact of the Supreme Court judgment in R (PACCAR) v Competition Appeal Tribunal [2023] UKSC 28.

Our Banking Litigation Trends publication explains the risks that financial institutions face so you can take practical steps to manage and prepare for them.

Discussing the Court of Appeal's landmark judgment in Al Sadeq v Dechert LLP & Ors [2024] EWCA Civ 28.

Discussing the decision in The Public Institution for Social Security v Al-Wazzan & Ors [2024] EWHC 480 (Comm) which acts as a useful reminder that a litigant can be considered to have control over documents held by a third party even where the litigant has no legal right to those documents, for the purposes of disclosure.