Avoiding disputes with distributors
Selling your goods in a new and unfamiliar market can be a risky and costly venture, but entering into a distribution arrangement with a separate distributor can provide your business…
Selling your goods in a new and unfamiliar market can be a risky and costly venture, but entering into a distribution arrangement with a separate distributor can provide your business…
A relationship breakdown often means a dramatic change in life for all involved and when parents live apart, arrangements need to be agreed about how and when children will see…
Parents will always strive to do what is best for their children, but for separated parents this can sometimes lead to disagreement when what is considered best by one parent…
A significant proportion of legal disputes between parties involve the meaning of contracts made between them. Often, the dispute concerns the meaning of standard terms which have been incorporated into…
When parties make an oral agreement but fail to record it in writing it can be very difficult, or even impossible, for the court to ascertain whether a meeting of…
On 7 April 2017 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Lejonvarn v Burgess and anor [2017] EWCA Civ 254. This case involved an architect whose good friends and…
The case of Burgess and anor v Lejonvarn [2016] EWHC 40 (TCC) serves as a cautionary tale that even where a professional consultant renders services gratuitously, a tortious duty of…
Adjudication is meant to be a swift and economical way to resolve contractual disputes in the construction industry, however this isn’t always the case. Take AMD Environmental Ltd v Cumberland…
The title of this article comes from Fraser J’s judgment in Beumer Group UK Ltd v Vinci Construction UK Ltd [2016] EWHC 2283 (TCC). He was referring to adjudication being…
Allow me to describe a scenario that commercial lawyers see all too often. A business has invested considerable time and money in preparing their standard terms of business. After numerous…