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.
Bitcoin in the news again… constructive developments, this time
With issues with Bitcoin seemingly never out of the press we explore a recent High Court decision where the court went out of its way to assist a defrauded claimant and held that a cryptocurrency exchange was a constructive trustee of the defrauded bitcoin. Read more
Claims for payment for services provided; when does the cause of action arise?
We examine a recent Court of Appeal decision that looked at the important issue of when a cause of action arises for the payment of services under a contract. Read more
Court guidance on low-value data protection claims
A recent decision in the Media and Communications List of the High Court is considered with guidance that going forward low-value data protection claims should be handled by the County Court and primarily allocated to the small claims track. Read more
Clements -V- Frisby – unintentional waiver of privilege is not In The Style!
We look at a recent case on waiver of legal professional privilege and the cherry picking rule. Read more
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Moya Clifford, Hill Dickinson
moya.clifford@hilldickinson.com
