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Amanprit Kaur
Business & Property
19/01/2026

Amanprit Kaur Resists a Debtor’s Second Application to Rescind or Annul a Bankruptcy Order

Amanprit Kaur resists a debtor’s second application to rescind or annul a bankruptcy order founded on council tax liability orders despite invalid service of the notice of adjourned petition hearing. This was the Applicant’s...

Signing will
Business & Property
13/01/2026

Probate & Trusts Q4 2025 Update

Welcome to the fourth quarterly case update from the Probate and Trusts team at St Philips.  We hope that you find it helpful and informative. This update has been written by Christopher Buckingham TEP, Gavin McLeod TEP and Charles Towl. General...

debrifed newsletter
Business & Property
19/12/2025

deBriefed – December 2025

As 2025 nears a close, our Business & Property Group wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. It has been a busy period for the Group, with members looking forward to a well-deserved break and a busy 2026. COMMERCIAL In our very...

Iqbal Mohammed
Business & Property
18/12/2025

Unpaid fees: Solicitor’s Equitable Lien and Injunctions

Iqbal Mohammed considers the rare grant of an interim injunction in support of a solicitor’s equitable lien over the proceeds of a property a former client was likely to recover in litigation. Facts A national firm of solicitors acted for a wife...

Chris Buckingham
Business & Property
17/12/2025

Sutcliffe v Sutcliffe: An overlooked case relating to the home of the deceased? 

In this article, Christopher Buckingham explores Sutcliffe v Sutcliffe  [2005] EWHC 3058(Ch), an overlooked probate case concerning ownership, occupation charges and estate administration after death? The home of the deceased is an interesting...

Business & Property
09/12/2025

Proprietary Estoppel – Building the Narrative and Testing the Evidence

Introduction The Case Narrative The Documentary Evidence Reverse Engineering the Process Countervailing Benefits Conclusion Mr Raghav Trivedi, 9 December 2025 [1] Phipson on Evidence, 20th Edn, para 45-29 [2] Matthews and Malek, Disclosure, 2nd Edn,...

Ali Tabari & Natalie Kearney
Business & Property
08/12/2025

Ali Tabari & Natalie Kearney write for LexisNexis

Over recent weeks, Ali Tabari and Natalie Kearney have written on a number of new precedents and practice notes for LexiNexis. Insolvency claims and sections 21 and 32 of the Limitation Act 1980: Brief details of claim and particulars of...

Eloise Marriott & Angus Thomas
Business & Property
03/12/2025

Deal or No Deal? Lessons from DAZN v Coupang and KSY Juice Blends v Citrosuco

INTRODUCTION (A) AN AGREEMENT (i) The Relevant Law (ii) Case Law Update: DAZN Limited v Coupang Corp. [2025] EWCA Civ 1083 (B) AGREEMENTS TO AGREE (i) Summary of Relevant Law It has long been a well recognized principle of contract law that an...