The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 came into force on 6 July 2020. The Act allows the UK government to put in place...

The Court of Appeal was asked to interpret the expression "in order to comply with any mandatory provision of law" contained in a...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered a judgment clarifying the duty on traders to inform consumers in their website terms and...

A solicitor acting for a claimant served particulars of claim on 25 March (i.e. two days after lockdown) at an empty and closed office...

Can an employer force an employee to return to the office? Pre-COVID 19, the short answer would be (in most cases) yes. If an employee...

The Intellectual Property Office declared 24 March 2020, and all subsequent days until further notice, “interrupted days”. This means...

From 1 July 2020, the UK Government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be changing significantly. From that date, employees who have...

The High Court has determined that privilege had been waived by repeated references to the involvement of lawyers, even though the...

The common-law doctrine of frustration of a contract applies where an unforeseen event occurs that is neither party’s fault but that...

Commonly found in contracts, force majeure clauses can alter obligations and/or liabilities when an extraordinary event or circumstance...