Legal Updates

When Limits of Liability Don't Apply

The long awaited decision of the BSkyB v EDS litigation has finally been handed down.  The court has found that the IT supplier EDS (part of Hewlett Packard) made fraudulent misrepresentations to BSkyB, about its ability to deliver a £50m IT project within a stipulated ...

Costs Recovery in the Small Claims Court

A common reason cited for not engaging solicitors on disputes with a value of under £5,000, is the inability (in general terms) to recover costs from the losing party. A recent High Court decision has clarified that where a dispute is a contractual claim, and the ...

Cornerstone Construction Newsletter - Latest Edition

Our latest edition of Cornerstone is now available.  Please click here to see the newsletter. ...

Bribery - Thing of the Past?

The UK's antiquated bribery laws have long been considered inconsistent with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Bribery Convention, to which 38 of the major developed countries (including the UK) are signatories.  This has often led to inconsistency of approaches when UK and ...