This edition’s contributors are all new members of Chambers who are writing for us for the first time. Their contributions reflect the breadth of our expertise at 1 Chancery Lane.
Richard Cherry is an experienced housing practitioner and with one of our junior tenants, Richard Collier, has written about the restrictions on landlords serving section 21 notices when they have not complied with the requirements to provide gas safety records to their tenants. Richard Cherry will be appearing before the Court of Appeal in the New Year when it considers this for the first time. Christopher Pask has a strong interest in issues relating to insolvency and has written about the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Singularis about the attribution of the knowledge of a sole director to his company.
Chambers congratulates Adam Dawson upon being awarded an MBE for services to charity and service to the Jewish Community. For over 30 years Adam has been involved in the heart of the Jewish community, leading several charities and organisations. After a year as Chair of…
This week Russell Wilcox and Thomas Clarke examine whether in applications to set aside default judgment there exists such a thing as a ‘co-defendant principle’; essential reading for all practitioners. Co-defendants and Applications to Set Aside: the More the Merrier? In the recent case of…
Introduction On Wednesday 21st of May, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the long-awaited case of URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2025] UKSC 21. The judgment was awaited by almost all with an interest in construction law and related professional negligence. BDW…
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