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January 17, 2022
Spire Healthcare Ltd v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 17 (11 January 2022)
Court of Appeal decision interpreting an aggregation clause in an insurance policy, and holding that multiple claims ‘consequent on or attributable to one source or original cause’ aggregated with one another and were subject to a single policy limit rather than two.
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January 14, 2022
Candey Ltd v Bosheh & Anor [2021] EWHC 3409 (Comm)
Legal professional privilege in a fee claim by solicitors against a former client. The Deputy Judge declined to apply the iniquity exception. An alleged conspiracy with a third party does not diminish the client’s right to the protection of privilege over his communications with his lawyers as this was the case upon which they were instructed to represent their client: the matters alleged are within the ordinary course of engagement, and the solicitors could not disclose privileged information for the purposes of proceedings against the client as the protection afforded by privilege was not confined to disclosure to third parties. (Paragraphs 48-49.)
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January 13, 2022
SRA Guidance – Advising on leasehold provisions including ground rent clauses
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January 11, 2022
Blockchain: legal and regulatory guidance (second edition)
The Law Society has published a new edition of its guidance, see here.
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January 4, 2022
Deepfakes: a future threat to watch as cybercriminals develop their skills in this area
Article by Yotam Katz, Product Manager at IntSights. This raises concern that verbal confirmation of payment instructions may not invariably provide sufficient protection against fraud.
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January 4, 2022
European Commission initiative to fight against the misuse of shell entities for improper tax purposes
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December 23, 2021
The Biggest Threat to Trust in Cryptocurrency: Blog by Chainalysis on the extent of cryptocurrency-based crime in 2021
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December 15, 2021
Companies House announcement of new procedure for reporting PSC (People with Significant Control) discrepancies
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December 9, 2021
The UK’s kleptocracy problem – Chatham House report
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December 2, 2021
Council of Europe proposals on transparency of crypto-asset transfers to tackle money laundering
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