Archive: November 2021

The High Court has provided helpful guidance on the requirements of Practice Direction 57AC

A recent decision is a timely reminder that where parties are seeking to incorporate their own standard terms by reference, particularly burdensome clauses (even if they are standard across the industry) should be drawn to the attention of the other party.

The Commercial Court considers the general rules for determining times/dates where an agreement is silent as to the applicable time zone.

The UK Supreme Court handed down the much anticipated judgment in Lloyd v Google LLC [2021] UKSC 50, unanimously allowing Google’s appeal and reversing the decision of the Court of Appeal.

The Supreme Court clarifies the day counting rule for causes of action accruing at midnight

The High Court clarifies whether there is a ‘change of position defence’ to transaction avoidance claims by insolvency practitioners