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Regulatory
29/05/2020

GDPR two years on – where are we now?

St Philips Regulatory Group Member Jane Sarginson has advised private and public sector organisations as to their obligations under GDPR and has first hand experience of helping businesses implement strategies to ensure compliance with data...

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Personal Injury
26/05/2020

Aldred -v- Cham : End of the road but not the end of the matter

Permission to appeal to the Supreme Court denied by Lords Hodge, Briggs and Leggatt on the basis that the application did not give rise to a point of law of general public importance. Earlier this year, the Court of Appeal was asked to consider...

Ali Tabari
Business & Property
25/05/2020

Ali Tabari reviews key points of the new Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill, and sets out three key areas for litigators to start preparing for

Last week saw the first reading in the House of Commons of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill [‘CIGB’], which is the Government’s attempt to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on businesses which should otherwise have been viable. From a...

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Business & Property
20/05/2020

Rob Mundy & Ali Tabari’s Video Guide to E-Bundles, quoted in official guidance issued today by the Judiciary

The recent video created by St Philips Business & Property Group barristers, Rob Mundy and Ali Tabari, to provide guidance on how to create and use electronic bundles, has today featured in official “Guidance on PDF Bundles” issued by Mr...

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Business & Property
18/05/2020

UPDATED 18.05.20 Judicial guidance regarding proceedings at Birmingham High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) and Birmingham County Court

IMPORTANT INFORMATION (revised 18 May 2020) Please note that guidance and advice issued nationally can be found at the following address https://www.judiciary.uk/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-and-guidance/?utm_medium=email&utm_source This local...

Ed Beever
Employment
18/05/2020

Enforcement of Settlement Agreements and Breach of Confidentiality

Does the employer still have to pay where the employee has failed to keep the terms confidential? That was the question posed in Duchy Farm Kennels Ltd v Steels, which was a decision of Cavanagh J in a High Court appeal from a County Court decision....

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Personal Injury
14/05/2020

PPE: a consideration of civil liabilities

Lorna Badham, a barrister specialising in Personal Injury and Employment law at St Philips Chambers, provides a legal perspective on this headline-dominating topic.  Have we ever talked so much about PPE?  Each breakfast bulletin features...

Olivia Beesley
Crime
13/05/2020

Covid-19 and Suspended Sentences – A Court of Appeal Judgment: R v Christopher Manning

While the Lord Chief Justice and the Lord Chancellor have announced that jury trials will commence this month, we are far from the pandemic’s conclusion. This fear is felt all the more by defendants facing sentencing hearings. Regardless of whether...