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The Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010

30th June 2015

Tom has recently been instructed to advise on the implications of the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010 and whether, when the same comes into force, it will be applicable to claims where injuries have been sustained prior to commencement. The Act received Royal Assent on 25th March 2010 but has yet to come into force. It is anticipated that the Act will come into force in Autumn 201…

Daniel Swan successfully appears for petitioning creditors

29th June 2015

Daniel Swan successfully appeared for the petitioning creditors in bankruptcy proceedings opposed by the debtor on the grounds that the judgment on which the petition was based had been obtained by fraud. There was a substantial history to the matter, which involved the petitioning creditors bringing defamation proceedings against the debtor that were settled by way of a Tomlin o…

Rawdon Crozier in the Supreme Court; Judgment in Arnold v Britton

10th June 2015

Judgments were delivered in Rawdon Crozier’s appeal to the Supreme Court in Arnold v Britton on the 10th. Jun 2015. The case, in which Rawdon appeared as junior counsel, concerned the service charge regime at a holiday park on the Gower Peninsula in Wales under which the fixed service charge compounded annually for the appellant leaseholders but not for other leaseholders under ostensibly si…

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New Tenant at KBG Chambers

New Pupils at KBG Chambers start their 1st Six today!