Alex Potts KC co-authors ‘Bermuda: Regulating Big Insurance on a Small Island’
Alex Potts KC has co-authored the new Bermuda chapter in the second edition of the Research Handbook on International Insurance Law and Regulation. The Handbook (edited by Julian Burling and Kevin Lazarus) provides an updated assessment of the insurance industry in an international context, featuring 30 chapters, of which half are new for this second […]
27th November 2023
4 Pump Court hosts WEConnect’s fourth event of 2023
4 Pump Court hosted WEConnect’s fourth event of 2023 on 23 November. The panel event ‘Challenges and Solutions for the Energy Industry – Looking to the Future’ featured the winner and runner-up of WEConnect’s inaugural Competition for Junior Members. The Panel was chaired by Rachel Ansell KC, 4 Pump Court and our speakers were: Lynne […]
Yes, Slapps are a problem, but they are still pretty rare- Edward Garnier KC in The Times
Edward Garnier KC Thursday November 23 2023, 12.01am, The Times There has been plenty of sound and fury in parliament and the press this year about Slapps — strategic lawsuits against public participation. There is now a limited anti-Slapp provision in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 and as we near the next […]
27th November 2023
Cayman Islands Court of Appeal refuses application for permission to appeal in Re Virginia Solution SPC Ltd., CICA Civil...
The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has dismissed an application for permission to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the case of Re Virginia Solution SPC Ltd., CICA Civil Appeal No. 4 of 2022. In a judgment delivered on 10 November 2023, the Court accepted the submissions of Augusta Healthcare Inc., […]
23rd November 2023
Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council (CA -2022-001778)
At root this is a case about Japanese knotweed. However, it has attracted wide attention because it has given the Court of Appeal the opportunity to consider the tangled issue of mandatory alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and to clarify its decision in Halsey v Milton Keynes General NHS Trust [2004] EWCA Civ 576. It is […]
21st November 2023
Judgment handed down in Ahmad v Ouajjou & Perez
On 10 October 2023, Mr. Justice Jacobs handed down judgment following a substantive amendment application in Ahmad v Ouajjou & Perez, a fraud claim concerning loans made to fund the supply of PPE during the Covid-19 pandemic. The judgment is a useful illustration of the approach that the Court will deploy when a defendant’s amendment […]
17th November 2023
Judgment handed down in Providence Building Services Limited v Hexagon Housing Association Limited: Important...
In an ex tempore judgment handed down by Mr Adrian Williamson KC (sitting as a judge of the High Court) on 7 November 2023, the Technology and Construction Court provided important clarification as to the effect of certain of the termination provisions included in the widely-used JCT Design and Build Contract 2016. The decision will […]
16th November 2023
BPP virtual Pupillage Fair 2023
On 15 November, Clementine Makower, Jacob Haddad and Caroline Jackson will be attending the virtual BPP Pupillage Fair, where they will be available to answer any questions about the pupillage process and life as a barrister. This will be an excellent opportunity for students who aspire to secure pupillage or other opportunities in Chambers. Register here.
Jonathan Lewis KC speaking at HKA Breakfast Event ‘Extensions of Time in Adjudication’
On Tuesday 21 November, Jonathan Lewis KC will be speaking at an in-person HKA breakfast event on the topic of Extensions of Time in Adjudication. Jonathan and others will be discussing the issues to be considered by the Referring and Responding parties. To register for this event see here.
Review of the provision of legal services on the Isle of Man
On Monday 16 October 2023 Lord Garnier KC presented his Review of the provision of legal services on the Isle of Man to the Island’s Parliament, the Tynwald. Commissioned by the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs, Jane Poole-Wilson, in April 2021 to conduct the Review, Edward Garnier, assisted by 4 Pump Court’s Samantha O’Brien […]
7th November 2023
Alex Potts KC appointed to the Legal Services Panel for the Government of the British Virgin Islands
Alex Potts KC has been appointed to the Legal Services Panel for the Government of the British Virgin Islands. The role of the Legal Services Panel is to advise and represent the Government of the British Virgin Islands in a wide range of civil and commercial legal matters. Appointments are for an initial period of […]
7th November 2023
Edward Garnier KC features in The Times article ‘Economic crime act ‘falls short’’
After lengthy debate and disagreement between the Lords and the Commons throughout the year on the ambit of the failure to prevent economic crime regime under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, the legislation is now on the statute book as the 2023 Act. 4 Pump Court’s Lord Garnier KC successfully amended the Bill […]
3rd November 2023
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