Welcome to our Contentious Business Update
We focus on some topical and interesting legal issues affecting businesses. We hope you find this edition informative and insightful.
Price review clauses – key considerations
Agreeing the details for a long-term commercial contract is never easy. To address the risk of the supplier being out-of-pocket following a downturn in the economy (or the rising costs of a particular class of goods or raw materials), a price review clause is often included as part of the contractual framework. We examine some key considerations for contracting parties. Read more…
Last chance to get it right – pleading causation and quantum arising under s.212 (misfeasance) and/or s.214 (wrongful trading) Insolvency Act 1986
We look at the recent decision Chandler – v- Wright [2022] EWHC 2205 (Ch) – where the High Court has found that a multitude of claims against the former directors of the retailer BHS fall to be struck out in the context of the high-value, complex litigation being brought by the joint liquidators of the BHS companies against the former directors. Read more…
Legally Represented Claimants: The Perils of Paying Direct
We examine a Supreme Court decision from earlier this year which provided some useful guidance regarding direct payments received/compensation agreed when lawyers have been instructed. Read more…
Lindt -v- Lidl – stop infringing or the bunny gets it!
Finally, and to end the year on a lighter note, we consider the recent decision of the Swiss court which ruled that the foil-wrapped chocolate bunnies made by premium chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli deserve protection from copycat products including those made by the German discount retailer Lidl. Read more…
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Jack Lewis, Hill Dickinson
jack.lewis@hilldickinson.com
