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What I disclose to my opponent stays confidential….Right?
Last month, I wrote about the risks businesses face in losing legal privilege in documents during litigation, resulting in the obligation...
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Keeping Settlement Terms Confidential
If Court proceedings have started, but haven’t got as far as being determined by a Judge, it’s often the case that both parties will come...
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Gender pay gap reporting – an update by Joanne Kavanagh The Government has published what is likely to be the final version of the ...
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What you tell your lawyer stays confidential, right? Maybe not…
As a general rule, whatever you discuss with your lawyer is covered by the security blanket of “legal advice” or “litigation” privilege –...
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Party Wall Notices must come before an Award…or do they?
It can come as a nasty surprise if your neighbour starts work to your party wall without sending you a party wall notice first. But does ...
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Central Themes- The Impact of the Centralisation of Charging Order ...
April 2016 saw the coming into force of the 83rd amendment to the Civil Procedure Rules. In amongst the changes implemented by this instr...
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Reality TV: Family mediation on Divorce & Separation: “Call the...
Over the last 3 Tuesday nights BBC2 has been required viewing for anyone involved with family law. The new series “Call the Mediator”, fo...
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Privilege and the party wall surveyor’s file
In a number of cases I have advised on recently the party wall surveyors have declined to provide information from their file on that bas...
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Checking whether a party wall notice is valid
A common problem faced by surveyors is ascertaining whether or not a notice served by or on behalf of a building owner (or more rarely an...
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Limitation periods and the party wall act
This post started life as a discussion on LinkedIn that generated a fair bit of debate, and I thought it would be helpful to surmise what...
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Basement excavations & damages for loss of value
Basement excavations are becoming increasingly popular in London and the South-East, and I am often asked to advise on the impact the wor...