Where a contract contains an agreement to resolve disputes by arbitration, a case recently decided by the Supreme Court addressed the question of which national system of laws governed the validity and scope of the agreement.
The Court of Appeal, through the decision in Adams v Carey has set out an important judgment as regards the scope of duties owed by SIPP operators, as well as the statutory construction of section 27 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
After a comprehensive 2 year consultation by the Witness Evidence Working Group, significant changes to the way that trial witness statements are to be prepared in the Business and Property Courts will come into force. Here we take a look at the practical implications for litigators and witnesses.
