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data-breaches

The Dangers of Facial Recognition

Facial recognition is a growing method of authentication, becoming more and more prevalent in people’s personal and work lives. Images of people are considered their personal data as defined by…

July 5, 2022

Chun Wong

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court

Embargoes On Judgements Need To Be Taken Seriously

At the end of a trial, a judge will usually reserve judgment and provide this in written form some time later. What is also common is for a draft of…

July 4, 2022

Chun Wong

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wills-and-probate

Applying For A Limited Grant Of Probate

Where there is a Will, the rules for applying for a Grant of Probate provide that the following must be submitted to the Probate Registry (online or by post): The…

May 27, 2022

Chun Wong

Opinion

supreme-court

A Solicitor’s Lien Triumphed In Bott & Co Solicitors Limited v Ryanair DAC [2022]

A lien is a right for one person to retain property in their possession pending satisfaction of a claim against another party. A solicitor’s lien can arise in a number…

May 5, 2022

Chun Wong

Opinion

court

Coming Off The Court Record – Wilson v Bayer Pharma AG (2022)

When a court case is issued, both parties have to inform the court of an address for service. If you are legally represented then this is usually the details of…

May 4, 2022

Chun Wong

Opinion

defamation-and-reputation

Elon Musk’s Twitter Take Over – What Can It Mean For Free Speech And Defamation?

The entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla has recently bought the online social networking platform Twitter for $44 billion dollars, or around £34.5 billion pounds. The 11-member board of Twitter, that…

April 29, 2022

Opinion

court

The Importance Of Disclosure

Advice regarding Disclosure following Provimi France SAS v Stour Bay Co Ltd [2022] EWHC 218 The case of Provimi France SAS v Stour Bay Co Ltd [2022] EWHC 218 has…

April 21, 2022

Opinion

debt-recovery

The Questions Of Interest

In a claim to recover a debt, you will also normally be entitled to claim interest for the time that the debt has been outstanding until the date of actual…

March 25, 2022

Chun Wong

Opinion

court

Occupation Rent Re-visited In Bailey v Dixon (2021)

Occupation rent can arise where one property owner has been actually or constructively excluded from the property owned with another. They would then seek occupation rent for the other property…

March 25, 2022

Chun Wong

Opinion

legal-help

Whose File Is It Now?

A client may have a number of reasons why they want a copy of their files from their solicitors. During the course of a case, they should have been sent…

March 22, 2022

Chun Wong

Opinion

contract-disputes
Covid-19

Cancellation Charges In Contracts – Are They Legal?

Contracts have serious legal implications and should not be entered into lightly. All contracts should provide a mechanism for cancellation and set out clearly the likely consequences for each party.…

March 9, 2022

Chun Wong

Opinion

debt-recovery

How To Enforce A Charging Order Against A Debtor By An Order For A Sale? A Basic Guide

This is Part 2 of our guide on how to obtain a charge against property and enforce it through an order for a sale (please read Part 1 of this…

February 16, 2022

Anita Barylska

Opinion

debt-recovery

How To Enforce Debt By A Charging Order? A Basic Guide

As touched upon previously in our guides here, in many successful debt claims, a debtor’s inability or unwillingness to satisfy the debt judgments often forces creditors to take subsequent legal…

February 16, 2022

Anita Barylska

Opinion

wills-disputes

Inheritance Act Claims For The Not Quite Divorced Spouse

The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975 (“the Inheritance Act”) allows a spouse to claim against the estate where a Will has not made reasonable financial provision for…

January 12, 2022

Chun Wong

Blog

court

Issued With A Default Judgement: What Can You Do?

A County Court Judgment also known as a ‘Default Judgment’ can be granted against a Defendant as a result of either a Defence or an Acknowledgement of Service not being…

November 26, 2021

Blog

defamation-and-reputation

Defamation – A Basic Guide – What Do I Need To Prove To Bring A Defamation Claim?

Someone making an untrue statement about you or your business can harm your hard-earned reputation. With the rapid revolutionising of digital media and use of various social platforms, there are…

November 26, 2021

Opinion

court

How “Alternative” Is Alternative Dispute Resolution?

A look into Alternative Dispute Resolution in the face of the Civil Justice Council (CJC) published report titled: Compulsory ADR (June 2021) What is Alternative Dispute resolution? Firstly, Alternative Dispute…

November 25, 2021

Opinion

court

Applications to Strike Out For Abuse of Process

Litigants in proceedings have opportunities to apply to strike out opponents’ cases where they can show that the proceedings are an abuse of process. This usually consists of making an…

November 23, 2021

Opinion

court

A Look At Track Allocation And The Effects Of Jackson’s Fixed Cost Reforms

Civil claims fall into three categories, or “tracks”: The small claims track The fast track The multi-track How are cases allocated? Cases are assigned to a track by the courts…

October 27, 2021

Opinion

data-breaches

Use of a Ring Doorbell Found To Be In Breach of Data Protection Laws

A Ring doorbell is a video surveillance system made by Amazon which captures both video and sound within a certain range. They start at £40 to over £200. These have…

October 22, 2021

Chun Wong