Archive

ACL Netherlands v Sandelson: currency risk, interest and the Autonomy fraud aftermath

Currency fluctuations, settlement credits and pre-judgement interest following the landmark HP–Autonomy fraud litigation.

Crane Bank v DFCU Bank: High Court refuses late amendments to defence based on PwC reports

Court holds disputed amendments neither consequential nor adequately particularised, with trial prejudice decisive.

Hammond v Herrington Carmichael: when interim invoices become statute bills

Costs Judge Whalan rules on whether 29 solicitor invoices constituted interim statute bills — with significant consequences for assessment rights.

Sir Robert Buckland leads Amess review

Sir Robert Buckland KC is appointed to lead a review into the circumstances surrounding Sir David Amess's murder

DWF appoints Ian Plumley as partner

DWF enhances its insurance capabilities with the appointment of Ian Plumley, a seasoned expert in reinsurance markets

TfL selects SSE Energy Solutions for solar project

Burges Salmon has advised Transport for London on the appointment of SSE Energy Solutions to deliver solar power

Justice Investments v Visalia Energia: security for costs, strike-out, and the limits of open justice

Security for costs ordered against an apparently impecunious claimant company where evidence of beneficial ownership and control was opaque and incomplete.

Dhillon v Orchard: Court of Appeal rules section 26 FSMA rights cannot bind successors in title

Rights of recovery under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 do not extend to third-party purchasers of property.