William KanaanMar 28Limitation period applies to unfair prejudice claimsThe Court of Appeal was asked to decide, as a matter of principle, whether any limitation period applies to a petition under section 994...
William KanaanMar 26Duty of Good FaithThe Chancery Court considered an action brought through a petition under section 994 of the Companies Act 2006 alleging that the conduct...
William KanaanJan 11AI cannot be an inventor under UK patent lawArtificial intelligence (AI) systems cannot be the owner of, nor be transferred, patent rights in the UK, the Supreme Court has ruled. UK...
William KanaanJan 11Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for Knowing Receipt Claims The Supreme Court’s judgment in a recent case addressed the question of whether a claimant, in a knowing receipt claim, must have a...
William KanaanOct 30, 2023UPDATE: Conversion of shares: variation or abrogation of rights attaching to class of sharesIn an update to our post dated 23rd March 2023, the Court of Appeal upheld a High Court decision that a conversion of preferred shares...
William KanaanOct 30, 2023Burden of proof in product liability casesThe Court of Appeal has restated the established position that, where there are competing explanations for causation in an action for...
William KanaanSep 21, 2023Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 comes into forceThe Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 took effect on 20th September. The Act aims to facilitate the legal recognition of documents...
William KanaanMay 9, 2023Court finds QC not liable to third parties for tax-avoidance advice The case concerned claimants who were a group of wealthy individuals who had invested in excess of £100 million in tax-avoidance schemes...