William KanaanFeb 27, 2023Fees agreement reached over email not legally bindingThe High Court held that an agreement in an email regarding fees did not create a legally binding contract, given the fact that no final...
William KanaanFeb 24, 2023Updated BVCA model documentsThe British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (commonly known as the BVCA) has revised and re-launched its standardised...
William KanaanFeb 24, 2023Unjust enrichment time limitsThe Commercial Court has ruled that it is not necessary for the underlying contract to be terminated before any claim in unjust...
William KanaanFeb 22, 2023Changes to the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions On 14th February 2023, the EU Council announced changes to the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes, adding to the...
William KanaanAug 1, 2022High Court permits service of documents via non-fungible tokenThe High Court allowed service of documents on persons unknown via non-fungible token (NFT) blockchain and by email, in what is thought...
William KanaanJul 27, 2022Register of Overseas Entities The Government has confirmed that the Register of Overseas Entities will come into force on 1st August 2022. This means that overseas...
William KanaanJul 11, 2022Court restrains disclosure of a private conversationThe High Court granted an interim non-disclosure order (INDO) to restrain disclosure of a private conversation overheard through a wall...
William KanaanMar 21, 2022Force Majeure obligations A shipping contract contained a provision that an event would not constitute force majeure if it could be overcome by the affected...
William KanaanMar 10, 2022Sanctions Against Russia and Belarus Sanctions have been in place against the Russian and Belarusian Governments and certain businesses and individuals for a number of years....
William KanaanOct 25, 2021Claim for damages for misuse of confidential information and under data protection rules A claimant (C) owed school fees and the school instructed the defendant (D) to write demanding payment. D sent the demand by email but...