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Data Reform Bill: Better for business?

5 September 2022

Four years since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was implemented, statistics from RSM have revealed that 30% of European businesses are still not compliant – so is it time for further fresh legislation?


Incentivising staff through employee share schemes

30 August 2022

Nelson Mandela said that money won’t create success but the freedom to make it will. Perhaps this explains why more and more companies are using employee share schemes as a means of incentivising staff – aligning the interests of employees and shareholders whilst providing tax-efficient rewards.


Modernising lasting powers of attorney: change is coming

17 August 2022

In 2007, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 introduced Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) which for the first time allowed a donor to appoint an attorney to make decisions both about their property and financial affairs, but also about their health and welfare.


Handy new checklist for lease extensions (surrender and regrants)

28 July 2022

At-a-glance guide for conveyancers to help with lease extension applications where the existing lease is being surrendered and a new lease granted


Mind the gap – Economic duress of lawful act

31 March 2022

On 18 August 2021, in Pakistan International Airline Corporation v Times Travel (UK) Ltd (Appellant) [2021] UKSC, the Supreme Court unanimously held that economic (or lawful act) duress does exist under English law. 


Top ten tips for supporting modern families with their estate planning

27 January 2022

Modern or ‘blended’ families come in all shapes and sizes, they might have children from previous relationships or have family members across the globe. They may consist of cohabiting partners, same-sex married couples, adopted children or enjoy a blend of cultures. They represent the wonderfully diverse world we live in today and are growing increasingly common.


When does a Litigation Funding Agreement become a Damages-Based Agreement?

11 January 2022

Litigation funding agreements (“LFA”) and damages-based agreements (“DBA”) are both forms of litigation funding. Both are ways to facilitate access to justice and both enable litigants to pursue their claims without having to bear the costs of so doing – at least until judgment is given in their favour. The “litigation risk” is transferred away from the litigant and onto the investor and the legal representatives.


The Temple Clinical Negligence Roundtable discussion

16 December 2021

With several challenges currently facing the world of clinical negligence, Temple recently invited a number of leading clinical negligence practitioners to the Royal Society of Arts in London, to discuss some of the hot topics within the industry and how they could be addressed. Myself and my colleague, Philip Pipkin, had a stimulating day in their company.


To tweet or not to tweet, that is the question

15 November 2021

Catherine Bailey of Bar Marketing provides practical guidance for any lawyers looking to leverage the social media channel of Twitter to optimise brand awareness and increase instructions.


Establishing fraudulent calumny – has the mind of the testator been ‘poisoned’?

21 June 2021

There are a number of grounds upon which a person might seek to a challenge the will of a loved one. They include circumstances where the specific formalities required when creating a will are not adhered to, or where the person making the will did not have the necessary mental capacity. It might be that the person making the will did not understand or approve its contents or that they were subject to some form of undue influence by another party. One of the less common grounds potentially available to someone wishing to challenge a will is that of fraudulent calumny.

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