Robert Eldon

Many commercial contracts contain "force majeure" clauses which provide that, if certain events occur which are outside the parties’ reasonable control, a party who is unable to meet its contractual obligations will be excused from doing.

Following on from the recent decision in Lloyd -v- Google the High Court in Johnson -v- Eastlight Community Homes Ltd [2021] EWHC 3069 (QB) has dealt another blow to claimants and their lawyers, by holding that a low value data breach claim issued in the High Court was opportunistic and an abuse of process.

Supreme Court shuts down opt-out representative actions for data breach claims.

A local authority has been successful in obtaining a permanent injunction against an individual who had targeted employees and councillors in a longstanding campaign.

In an age where anybody's name is searchable at the drop of a hat and a company's online reputation is vital, damaging press or social media coverage can present a serious issue both for individuals and the companies that they work for.

People are increasingly concerned about the unwanted sharing of their private information.

Typically the successful party in litigation will expect to recover only around 2/3rds of its legal costs from the other party.

Over the past year, many businesses have sought to make claims on insurance policies for business interruption arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A recent Court of Appeal decision has provided clarity as to the circumstances in which defendants seeking security for costs from litigation funders will be required to provide a cross-undertaking in damages as a condition of security being granted.