‘A recent UK tax tribunal ruling has clarified that there is no default position for granting applications by third parties for disclosure of documents in tax appeals, while making it clear that third parties have to show a good reason for seeking access to a document.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st March 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A court in England has echoed the approach taken by the courts in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) and the BVI in relation to the process for hearing applications for seal and gag orders and a third-party disclosure order.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st March 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘In this article, Amanda Savage KC and Ed Grigg analyse the recent High Court decision in Leggett & Others v American International Group UK Limited [2025] EWHC 278 (Comm). The decision repays close reading for professional indemnity lawyers and the insurance market more widely.’
4 New Square, 10th March 2025
Source: www.4newsquare.com
‘The Claimant alleged that an employee of the Defendant had been libellous as well as slanderous when she allegedly informed other managers at different branches of the Defendant’s hotel that the Claimant ‘trashed rooms’ and purportedly placed her name on a ‘barred guest list.’ The claim was only brought against the Defendant as a company and not the individual employee.’
St John's Buildings, January 2025
Source: stjohnsbuildings.com
‘Uddin & Ors v Notting Hill Genesis (LANDLORD AND TENANT – SERVICE CHARGES – assured tenancies) (2025) UKUT 56 (LC). This was Notting Hill Genesis’ appeal from a FTT decision that service charges that it had been charged by the freeholder and in turn had sought to charge to its assured tenants were not payable under the tenancy agreements, and also were unreasonable in amount.’
Nearly Legal, 24th February 2025
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘In England and Wales, where a bankruptcy petition (the “Petition”) has been presented against a debtor/defendant, one potential option the debtor/defendant (“Debtor”) may seem to have available, in order to avoid a bankruptcy order, is to ask family, friend(s) or a colleague(s) etc. (a “Third Party”), to pay off the Petition debt for the Debtor. If the Debtor is fortunate enough to have a Third Party willing to do this:
(a) will this amount to the Petition debt being properly satisfied, such that the Petition must be dismissed?
(b) should the Third Party payment be made direct to the Petitioner (i.e. not to the Debtor for the Debtor to then forward it on to the Petitioner)?
(c) must the Third Party make a gift of the money, or can the payment be part of a loan arrangement with the Debtor?’
33 Bedford Row, 16th February 2025
Source: www.33bedfordrow.co.uk
‘Jessica Muurman examines the judgment in Chief Constable of Northamptonshire v Woodcock [2025] EWCA Civ 13, in which the Court of Appeal examined conjoined cases raising the issue of police liability for harm caused by the criminal actions of third parties.’
12 King's Bench Walk, 5th February 2025
Source: 12kbw.co.uk
‘When an insurer is sued by a claimant under the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010, can that insurer bring a contribution claim against another person whom, the insurer claims, is also liable to the claimant for the same loss as was caused by the insurer’s insured? That was the question for the Court in Riedweg v HCC, the first reported decision on this important point.’
Hailsham Chambers, 13th November 2024
Source: www.hailshamchambers.com
‘Major technology providers could face broad new disclosure duties, including obligations to notify regulators of planned technology change projects, resourcing challenges, and of evolving cyber incidents or outages in their infancy, under new rules being introduced in UK financial services.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th November 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Businesses with experience of third-party litigation funding (TPF) in England and Wales have the chance to respond to a government-backed consultation and help shape the future regulation of this market.’
OUT-LAW.com. 14th November 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Insolvency and Contribution Claims make uneasy companions in the professional liability sphere. The latest proof is the judgment of Master Brightwell on Monday this week in Riedweg v HCC International Insurance plc & Ors [2024] EWHC 2805. Helen Evans KC explains the challenge that emerged in that case – and how variations of it have manifested themselves elsewhere.’
4 New Square, 13th November 2024
Source: www.4newsquare.com
‘There should only be a move to regulate third-party litigation funding (TPLF) in the event of “an identifiable problem or market failure”, a major report has concluded.’
Legal Futures, 16th October 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A court has rejected a bid by a prominent UK businessman to force a gardening company he engaged with to disclose the identity of people given access to recordings of conversations he had with the gardening company’s owner.’
OUT-LAW.com, 14th June 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A law firm can be paid from monies held in its client account despite them being subject to both a freezing order and a third-party debt order, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 30th April 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Dispute Resolution analysis: The Defendants and Third Party who collectively advanced an untrue narrative in opposing a third party debt order were held jointly and severally liable to pay the Claimant’s costs. The fixed costs provisions in CPR Part 45 were disapplied in light of that concerted opposition.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 18th March 2024
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
‘Further to the Tribunal Decision The Revd Canon Richard Peers, 21 March 2024, de Mestre Ch. issued a Ruling on paragraph 309 Clergy Discipline Measure 2003: Code of Practice concerning the possession and use of documents relating to the proceedings by third parties and the provision of these documents to them by the Complainant, 8 April 2024.’
Law & Religion UK, 11th April 2024
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘Regulation may not be answer for the future of the third-party litigation funding market, a former Lord Chief Justice has cautioned ahead of the Civil Justice Council (CJC) review of the sector.’
Legal Futures, 15th March 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Lord Chancellor, Alex Chalk, will introduce a new law to make it easier for members of the public to secure the financial backing of third parties when launching complex claims against moneyed corporations with sizeable legal teams which they could otherwise ill-afford.’
Ministry of Justice, 4th March 2024
Source: www.gov.uk
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