David Sawtell

This Q&A deals with the question of whether it is possible to recover damages in negligence from the repairer of a motor vehicle in respect of repairs carried out for a previous owner.

This Q&A considers the circumstances if an English born husband dies with property in England and what procedures will be required to transfer that property to his Swiss born widow.

This question considers what the time limits are for a party following delivery of a bill of costs on a defendant.

This Q&A considers the limitation period for contract, acknowledgment and part payment restarting the limitation period, successive breaches of contract, and the breach of a hire agreement and the agreement to repay.

This Q&A considers whether a law firm can be liable to its client in a transaction where a loss is sustained through currency fluctuation, ie because the purchase/acquisition price could significantly increase or decrease.

This Q&A considers whether a statutory demand can be served in respect of a corporate insolvency where the contract giving rise to the debt has a foreign choice of law and forum provision.

This Q&A considers whether third party debt orders can be made in respect of debts owed outside the jurisdiction.

This Q&A considers whether an authority’s power to serve an enforcement notice and/or obtain a court order for the removal of waste is affected by the personal insolvency of the occupier of the land.

This Q&A considers whether professional indemnity provisions are needed in a collateral warranty where the contractor has not undertaken any design work.

This Q&A considers the extent of a party’s duty of care to ensure that it does not cause psychiatric harm to a person with whom they have a contractual relationship and who is known to already suffer from a psychiatric condition.

This Q&A considers whether a squeeze out notice needs to be sent to all dissenting shareholders who have not agreed to the takeover offer or whether selected minority shareholders can be chosen at the bidder's discretion.

This Q&A considers the limitation period where goods have been lost by a party to whom they were supplied.

This Q&A looks at how a private limited company may acquire its own shares otherwise than for valuable consideration under the Companies Act 2006.

This Q&A considers whether a defendant can apply to dispute jurisdiction if does not indicate that it will do so on its acknowledgement of service.

This Q&A considers the circumstances when the limitation period for bringing a claim for breach of contract has passed, but a settlement agreement was entered into prior to the expiry of the limitation period.

This Q&A considers the time frames in which a part 36 offer should be made in order to be valid.

This Q&A considers whether a notice needs to be sent to the defendant’s insurers in a road traffic accident claim under section 152 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 if proceedings are being issued due to limitation approaching.

This Q&A considers the extent to which parties to an Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (I(PFD)A 1975) claim can ensure that once proceedings have been concluded another potential claimant does not bring a new action.

This Q&A considers the impact of Purrunsing v A’Court & Co on enquiries put by a purchaser’s conveyancer to the seller.

This Q&A considers a parties obligations of disclosure, inspection and reliance on a document.