The following Commercial news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Commercial weekly highlights—17 April 2025
The following Commercial news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on DMCCA’s consumer regime—a new anti-greenwashing toolkit?
The Supreme Court holds that anonymity for clinicians in withdrawal of treatment cases involving children should normally be of limited duration (Abbasi v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Haastrup v King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)
Mistake in contract lawThis Practice Note considers the legal concept of mistake in contract law. It examines common mistake, mutual mistake,...
RepudiationThis Practice Note concerns repudiation and sets out what a repudiatory breach of contract means. It explains how a repudiatory breach goes...
Agent and principal relationships with third partiesThis Practice Note deals with the relationships arising between principals, agents and third...
Termination and expiry of contractsThis Practice Note provides an overview of contract expiry and of the different causes of termination and ways to...
Time of the essenceThis Practice Note explains the purpose and significance of time of the essence clauses in commercial contracts. It explains the general rule and exceptions to the rule, and also looks at practical considerations for both the supplier and customer when considering time of the
Can a solicitor certify copies of a birth, marriage or death certificate where the document for copying is an official copy of the relevant register?A certified copy is an accurate, complete and current copy (usually a photocopy) of an original document. It does
Micklefield clausesWhat is a Micklefield clause?It is common for employee share plans to provide that, on termination of employment (or when an employee is given or receives notice of termination of employment), subsisting share awards will be forfeited and subsisting share options will lapse.It is
Financial clean break orders in family proceedingsDuty of the court to consider a clean breakAlthough there is no presumption in favour of there being a financial clean break between parties on divorce, the court is under a duty to consider whether it would be appropriate to exercise its powers so
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