Contracts & Debt Recovery

Given the current difficulties that COVID-19 poses to the retail market, it is more important than ever to know your consumer rights in certain situations. In general, your consumer rights are protected by the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and the Consumer Contracts…

Kate Richmond has successfully applied for permission to appeal for her client on two grounds under the Equality Act 2010. The grounds allowed by the Circuit Judge relate to her client’s disability and the extent to which her client’s lay representative was…

Arbitration and Mediation are the two main forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). There is no ‘one size fits all’ form of ADR. Every case is different. Every party has different needs and objectives. Below we’ve set out some key information which…

On 6th April 2007, the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (“CCA”) introduced the concept of an “unfair relationship” in respect of banking and credit agreements. The unfair relationship concept replaced the former extortionate credit bargain test found in sections 137 to 140 of…

A winding up petition is a request to the court to close down a company [“wind it up”] because it can’t pay its debts. You [“a creditor”] must prove that you are owed at least £750 and the company can’t pay you….

What is a Statutory Demand? A statutory demand is a demand for payment by someone who is owed money [called “the creditor”] by an individual or a company. A special form must be used. The form depends on when the debt is…

Commercial dispute mediation [“CDM”] is a way of resolving commercial disputes as an alternative to taking a claim to court for a judge to decide. It is one of the means of alternative dispute resolution [“ADR”]. Other means of ADR are negotiation…

If your company has been struck off the register of companies, there are various options available to you:  There are 2 ways of re-instating a company. The easy way is by administrative restoration. You will find the procedure, forms and cost here and a fee,…

Legal professionals and litigants-in-person alike will be interested in the recent Supreme Court decision in Barton v Wright Hassall LLP [2018] UKSC 12 which is likely to affect how litigants-in-person are treated by the court when considering compliance with CPR rules and…

Lauren Godfrey settles multi-million claim for alleged breach of directors’ duties and restrictive covenants. Representing the departing directors the settlement negotiated by Lauren enables those directors to continue their new business.

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