Litigation Team's Posts

This episode features Andrew Herring, Faye Moore and Jim Richards. Under discussion: • Round-up of news including the completed Civil Courts Structure Review, electronic filing and highlighting the potential impact of Brexit on enforcement of judgments. • The courts clarification of informal variation of contracts: MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd v Rock Advertising [2016] EWCA Civ 553, and Global Motors Inc and others v TRW Lucas Varity Electric Steering Ltd and another [2016] EWCA Civ 396. • What are the key considerations when choosing whether to use the civil or the criminal route in response to a commercial fraud.

This episode features Jon Fortnam, Andrew Herring and Chris Dryland. Under discussion: • Round-up of news including the Civil Courts Structure Review and proposed changes to the Solicitors Regulation Authority handbook • New law to protect confidential information that is transferred when employees change jobs, including a robust order to destroy it – Arthur J Gallagher Services (UK) Ltd v Skriptchenko [2016] EWHC 603 (QB) • Hands-on intervention in the disclosure process: independent expert ordered to conduct a search for documents in a fraud claim where the court considered the parties had not been sufficiently thorough – Hunter Worldwide Premium v Lawless [2016] EWHC 1013 (Ch)