LawSuit! is the disputes news note from WJM.
LawSuit! will be bringing you regular news and updates from the world of disputes & litigation. We’ll be highlighting court cases & tribunals and how they might affect you. We’ll look at mediation and other alternative forms of dispute resolution, and guide you towards best practice in all your dealings.
The WJM Commercial Dispute Resolution Team appreciate that an awareness of current issues is vital for you and this knowledge will assist you in making informed decisions, which is why we’ve developed LawSuit!
LawSuit! covers commercial and personal disputes.
Read the latest issue below.
December 2009
LawSuit! - December 2009
In this festive edition we will give you a briefing on the Rome I Regulation which has just been implemented into Scots Law! We will also look at various topical issues from Facebook privacy concerns to how Notaries Public can assist you with business or personal matters.
In addition, we will take a look at the contractual remedies of unjustified enrichment and unilateral error, possible reform for unincorporated associations such as golf clubs and we will provide you with our thoughts on the the forthcoming Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2009 when a new era will dawn for Scottish arbitration.
Finally, as always we will round off the newsletter with our humorous “You Couldn’t Make It Up” section which this month is a comical legal story from India!
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November 2009
LawSuit! - November 2009
In this month’s edition we report to you on how Twitter defeated a Court injunction in England, we examine a Court of Session case relating to director’s conflict of interests, analyse unauthorised agency, and we give you the best bits (in our humble opinion) of the new 700 page Companies Act 2006 to save you the bother of reading it!
We also cast a glance at an interesting Spanish Employment Tribunal decision where an angry Spaniard called his boss a “son of a b***h” but still won his unfair dismissal claim, we take a cursory look at a brave but ultimately fruitless attempt by a charity to obtain reduced business rates and analyse a recent Sheriff Court case in Aberdeen concerning whether a salesman’s banter can be used to pursue a negligent misrepresentation action.
Finally, we update you on the UK Supreme Court’s decision on the bank charges’ test case and as it is St Andrew’s Day this month, our humorous “You Couldn’t Make It Up” section is a funny legal story from Scotland!
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October 2009
LawSuit! - October 2009
In our first edition, we look at measures prudent employers can take to prepare for swine flu if the pandemic worsens over the winter, we examine a confusing area of Scottish contract law and we give you the lowdown on the legal action of slander.
We also warn you about the dangers of emailing (as if you need told!) and finally touch on a Spanish legal procedure that can be used as a last ditch attempt by property owners to escape burdensome mortgage repayments.
We round off our first edition with our funny “You Couldn’t Make It Up” legal section, which this month comes from the USA!
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