Speeding and Negligence
This weekend I attended a track day at Blyton Park Race Track and got to drive a formula Renault race car. As you can probably imagine the acceleration and speed were incredible. Now the adrenalin has settled […]
Fixed Recoverable Costs Following Strike Out
As many civil practitioners will be aware, since 01 October 2023 where a case that is subject to the fixed recoverable cost regime under CPR45 concludes either because it settles, discontinues or is disposed of at trial, […]
Commercial Property: Licence or Lease
A scenario that landlords and tenants to commercial property often find themselves in dispute over is whether there exists a licence or a lease. This dispute commonly arises when the agreement between the parties for use of the […]
Kau Media Group Limited v Thomas Hart – Post Termination Restrictive Covenants
In the recent case of Kau Media Group Limited v Thomas Hart [2025] EWHC 553 (KB), Jeremy Hyman KC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court reaffirmed the principals in relation to the enforcement of post-termination […]
Moo-ve Over, Cow in the Road
Over the years I have dealt with, what I thought, was a broad array of road traffic accidents that include the small shunt in a car park, vehicles coming together on roundabouts, motorbikes not being seen by […]
Renata Del Luongo’s roundup of recent cases
Over the last couple of weeks, I have been instructed on a number of different, and somewhat challenging matters, which have included: CLOSURE ORDER An application to extend a Closure Order pertaining to residential premises to prevent […]
David-James Stott’s first month at chambers
David-James Stott has completed a busy first month at Chambers. Having joined us at the start of the year, in January he conducted 14 Court hearings with a further 6 hearings either vacated or settled prior to […]
Closure Order – Explosives
Last week our Edward Webb represented a local authority in its application for a closure order pursuant to section 80 of the Anti-social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”). The closure order in question did […]
Key elements of a contract, a brief review
There are 5 key elements to all contracts, this being offer, acceptance, consideration, intention to create a legally binding contract and capacity. These are set out briefly below: Offer An offer is an expression of willingness to contract […]
Giles Gunstone retires from practice
Giles Gunstone retired last week, after nearly 40 years working in the legal profession
