Commercial chancery barrister specialising in banking and financial services, property and professional negligence
Financial products are often long term in nature. Where a recommendation is poor, it may be some time before the client realises that he has been badly advised. Section 14A provides for a special limitation period in the tort of negligence (and negligence only) for those who have suffered a loss but do not have …
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Ikbal v Sterling Law is yet another case concerning a phenomenon which is becoming increasingly and depressingly familiar to both lenders and the courts: that of a vendor, or vendor’s solicitor, who proves to be not what he seemed. Whilst the claim here was brought by a cash purchaser rather than a lender, the relevant …
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History associates Sir Cyril (later Viscount) Radcliffe with partition, that of India and Pakistan in 1947. It is ironic, therefore, that his name should have been adopted by a set of Chambers created as the result of a merger. As a member of that set, it was intriguing to see Radcliffe depicted in a new …
"Colonel Parker" and director Sally Knyvette were invited to the studios of Monocle 24 to talk about the diferences between barristers and actors and the issues raised by Judgment at Nuremberg. For a legal audience, these issues are particularly pertinent: the enforcement by the judiciary of bad laws, the tension between the judicial process and political expediency …
The online Box Office for the March 2013 Bridewell Theatre revival of Judgment at Nuremberg is now open. Tickets for the evening performances cost £55 (including post-performance wine and light refereshments). Tickets for the Saturday matinee are £30. Profits from the five performances will go to Paul’s Cancer Support Centre. Judgment at Nuremberg, Bridewell Theatre, …
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The private rental sector has grown rapidly over the last 20 years. It now accounts for over 4.7 million households in the United Kingdom. Over two thirds of all private tenancies involve an agent. Yet, Which? magazine has referred to “renting roulette” and “the great letting agents gamble” whereas the RICS has described this essentially …
In July 2011, a “company of legal professionals” (judges and lawyers playing judges and lawyers) raised over £20,000 for the Tricycle Theatre’s Education, Social Inclusion and Artistic Programme with five performances of Judgment at Nuremberg. The play is Abby Mann’s 2001 stage adaptation of the 1961 Academy Award winning movie of the same name, a …
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There have been a fair few developments in this field recently with potentially more to come. Schedule 4 of the Finance Act 2012 came into force on 17 July and made the most significant changes to the UK REIT regime since its introduction on 1 January 2007. These included alterations to the listing and non-close …
Negligence and other torts, CLT, solicitors in-house seminar, November 2012.
Webinar: Agricultural Dispute Resolution, http://www.mblseminars.co.uk, streaming Mon 14 Jan 2013, 12:30, available to view for 90 days thereafter
Peter Dodge 