Law Society Bellwether Report
"Business is lost on price rather than gained. Although this may force prices down, it makes it difficult for solicitors to provide a proper full professional service at a profit. The incorporation of AI and blockchain may assist in reducing solicitors' fixed expenses in some areas of law."
Nicholas Woolf has been extensively quoted in the Bellwether Discussion Paper 2019: The Changing Face of Law, and in the Law Society Gazette, discussing the challenges posed and opportunities arising out of the SRA's price transparency rules.
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
Contact With Witnesses Giving Their Evidence
Solicitors can often be placed in a dilemma when their client is giving evidence in the witness box, as the hearing day draws to a close or amid giving evidence. Notwithstanding the Judge’s inevitable warning to the client, telling them that they cannot discuss their evidence with anybody overnight, the client is often has a burning desire to discuss the case with you.
Barton v Gwyn Jones
No Unjust Factor - No Unjust Enrichment
In the recent case of Philip Barton v Timothy Gwyn Jones and Ors [2018] EWHC 2426 (Ch), Nicholas Woolf & Co successfully defended a High Court claim in unjust enrichment.
The Privilege of Absurdity
Some Internal Settlement Discussions Not Covered By Litigation Privilege
In WH Holding Limited and West Ham United Football Club Limited (together, “West Ham”) v E20 Stadium Limited (“E20”) [2018] EWHC 2784 (Ch), the Court of Appeal considered the question of whether six emails passing between the Board Members of E20, created with the dominant purpose of discussing a commercial settlement of a dispute when litigation with West Ham was in contemplation, were covered by litigation privilege and therefore whether E20 were entitled to inspect those emails.
Brexit Means Breakfast
Nicholas Woolf summarises a Brexit panel event jointly hosted by Nicholas Woolf & Co and Newington Communications
Yesterday I sat on a panel with Beth Rigby, deputy political editor for Sky News, Stewart Jackson, former special adviser and chief of staff to David Davis and Chris White of Newington Communications, who chaired a discussion with an invited audience on the prospects of the current Brexit negotiations and their possible political consequences. At the end of the meeting, the general consensus appeared to be that Mrs May, who was said to be fairly private about the real progress made in the negotiations, was unlikely to remain as Prime Minister much beyond 29th March 2019, although she may try and hang on; there being no clear and popular successor.
Magazine: April 2018 - July 2018
Nicholas Woolf & Co has published the first edition of its new magazine, containing articles written by members of the firm on important contemporary legal matters.
Broke But Not Bankrupt
A bankruptcy order set aside for want of purpose
To many, the decision of HHJ Hodge QC in Lock v Aylesbury Vale District Council [2018] EWHC 2015 (Ch) may seem a little strange. In that case, the Council had presented a bankruptcy petition on Ms Lock in respect of £8,067-odd unpaid council tax. At first instance, the District Judge made a bankruptcy order, which was appealed by Ms Lock on the basis that she had absolutely no assets to satisfy any liability in bankruptcy. This, she said, meant that a bankruptcy order would serve no useful purpose and would not benefit the Council.
The Judge on appeal agreed with Ms Lock, and the bankruptcy order was set aside.
It's Not Fair
The final cry of the litigant relying on offended conscience
There can often be a disconnect between the way in which certain terms are used in everyday life, and the way in which they are used in a legal context. This means that people may believe that they are protected in certain circumstances in any event, and therefore it does not matter if they are not expressly provided for in the contract. It comes as an unpleasant shock to subsequently find out that, although it may seem unfair, there is no legal remedy available.
Latest News
- Law Society Bellwether Report
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
- Barton v Gwyn Jones
- The Privilege of Absurdity
- Brexit Means Breakfast
- Magazine: April 2018 - July 2018
- Broke But Not Bankrupt
- It's Not Fair
- Tullow Ghana Limited v Seadrill Ghana Operations Limited
- McDonald and McDonald v D&F Contracts Limited
