Pete Blythman, BT Pete Blythman, BT: At BT, we have an awful lot of different bits of business, and it is about doing all that pre-packaging early, ensuring you can tell the buyers how you are going ...

The Human Rights Act (HRA) 1998 enshrines various rights derived from the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in the law of England and Wales. For ...

Introduction A weak Yen and other factors continue to attract overseas investors to the Japanese real estate market. While this investment can take many forms, two of the most common financing ...

In the field of the acquisition of easements by prescription, little has caused more consternation over the last decade or so than the question of whether a right to park cars can be acquired by ...

Under EU competition law, parent companies will, as a rule, be responsible for the behaviour of their wholly owned subsidiaries. That is not surprising, as the parent has the ability and is presumed ...

Generally speaking, a two-step procedure will be adopted in determining what damages will arise from a breach of contract. First, the courts will need to consider what loss has been suffered. Secondly ...

In our November article, ‘Establishing the criminal liability of corporations’, we looked at how liability for criminal offences can attach to corporations, where the commission of the offence is ...

Companies and organisations depend on the notion of agency to conduct their business: they require natural persons to make decisions and enter into agreements on their behalf. So who can enter into ...

Customers may often demand that suppliers’ charge prices that are the same as, or lower than, those charged to other customers. For some time, it has been assumed that these arrangements reduce supply ...

Calling on a performance bond should result in swift receipt of the bond amount by the beneficiary. However, there are risks involved in making calls on performance bonds, which can result in complex ...

With the erosion of legal aid, the cost of living crisis and an increasing business focus on ESG, the role of pro bono legal advice is increasingly in the spotlight. In response to escalating demand, ...

Eversheds Sutherland, Allen & Overy and Womble Bond Dickinson were among the major winners at the inaugural Legal 500 UK ESG Awards 2024, which welcomed more than 400 guests to the InterContinental ...