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Wednesday 12th March 2025

Shareholder Privileges: is the relationship between shareholder and company as closely aligned as it once was?

This article explores the consequences of a recent judgment disapplying/disproving the existence of the shareholder rule, a rule stating that a company cannot assert its right to legal privilege against its own shareholders by withholding from them the disclosure of certain confidential communications or documents.

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Categories: Litigation and Dispute Resolution
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Thursday 6th March 2025

Postponement of works: Valid variation or breach of contract?

The recent Technology and Construction Court decision in Grain Communications Limited v Shepherd Groundworks Ltd found that an employer could instruct a variation to postpone works and not provide a definitive commencement date, leaving the contractor unable to recover damages for their losses. 

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Categories: Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure Disputes , Construction, Engineering, and Infrastructure
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Monday 3rd March 2025

Clean Power 2030 and the battery storage sector

On 13 December 2024, the UK government published its much-anticipated Clean Power 2030 Action Plan (“CP 2030”). The publication is lengthy and wide-ranging, and sets out how the government will obtain its target of achieving clean power by decarbonising the electricity grid by 2030, one of the government’s five ‘missions’ in their manifesto.

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Categories: Clean Energy and Renewables
Monday 17th February 2025

How can share incentives help your business?

The recruitment and retention of top talent is crucial in ensuring the continued growth of a business. Unlike more established companies, start-ups generally lack the cash flow to offer truly competitive salaries and cash bonuses when recruiting talented individuals. Employee share schemes are a useful tool for bridging this gap and allowing smaller companies to offer more competitive pay packages.

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Categories: Share Incentives , Growth Investments and Start-Ups
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Monday 17th February 2025

The cloudy world of "lookalike" products: Thatchers succeed in appeal against Aldi

In Thatchers Cider Company Limited v Aldi Stores Limited, Thatchers were successful in their appeal, finding that Aldi’s product had infringed Thatchers’ trade mark. This decision may alter the legal landscape for future challenges to “lookalike” products.

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Categories: Food, Drink and Leisure , Drinks Sector , Intellectual Property , Litigation and Dispute Resolution , Intellectual Property Disputes