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• Directors’ Duties to Consider Creditors’ Interests – Landmark Supreme Court Ruling

  • Posted12 December 2022

  The primary duty of directors is to promote the success of the companies they serve for the benefit of their shareholders – but do they also owe a duty to...

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• Worldwide Freezing Injunctions Can Be Intrusive But Also Necessary

  • Posted28 November 2022

  Worldwide freezing injunctions (WFIs) are powerful judicial tools that can have a grave impact on the lives of those against whom they are targeted. However, as a High Court ruling...

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• COVID-19 – No Binding Contract for Supply of Millions of Surgical Face Masks

  • Posted14 November 2022

  As demand for personal protective equipment exploded at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the business community leapt to the pumps. However, in the context of knife-edge negotiations for the...

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• High Court Slams ‘Indefensible’ NHS Contract Tendering Exercise

  • Posted1 November 2022

  Public contract tendering exercises are meant to ensure fairness, transparency and, not least, value for taxpayers’ money. However, as a case concerning the award of an NHS contract all too...

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• Thinking of Setting Up a Franchise Business? Seek Professional Advice

  • Posted11 October 2022

  The franchising model enables many people to achieve their ambition of setting up in business on their own account. However, as a High Court case showed, it is vital not...

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• Commercially Sensitive Conversation ‘Overheard Through Flimsy Partition Wall’

  • Posted28 September 2022

  In modern offices where CCTV is ubiquitous and partition walls are flimsy there is an obvious risk of commercially sensitive conversations being overheard. In a guideline decision, the High Court...

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