Insights

19th July 2016

Not many people without legal training will have heard of the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 1930 (‘the 1930 Act’). Did you know that this little known act could, for example, allow you to recover sums from the insurer of an opponent who has gone bust? What’s more, getting a remedy against those insurers will be easier from August 2016.

19th July 2016

Parties to disputes which may be litigated or are already in litigation would do well to be aware of recent developments in relation to the cost consequences of offers made under Part 36 of the Civil Procedure Rules (‘CPR’). Emilie Sclater reviews recent case law on Part 36 settlement offers

19th July 2016

Katie Pickering looks at the two main ways of expressing a settlement offer and explains the key differences.

18th July 2016

Anna Wood looks at what the UK construction sector has been saying about BREXIT and what some of the practical implications may be

13th July 2016

Thomas Hall, a Solicitor Advocate in BPE’s Commercial Litigation team, highlights a potentially sticky issue that most people don’t think about. The small print – is the devil really in the detail?

12th July 2016

BPE has advised REACT Group Plc on its recent acquisition of EPUK Limited, in its third acquisition since 2015.