February 2012

Court of Appeal denies rescission of transfer of land for breach of contract | Edwards Wildman Palmer UK LLP

The Court of Appeal was recently given the opportunity to consider the remedy of rescission in Howard-Jones v Tate [2011] and in doing so, stressed a distinction between the remedies that are available to an innocent party where there has been a repudiatory breach of contract, and those situations where rescission ab initio will be …

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Product liability developments in 2011: what do they mean for your business? | Shook, Hardy & Bacon

We round up some of the most relevant 
and interesting developments from 2011 that may affect your business. 2011 CASE HIGHLIGHTS As ever, very few product liability cases made it to court, but of note this year are the following.


Bribery and anti-corruption: self-reporting in Scotland | Brodies

The impact of the Bribery Act 2010 has been a key focus for business across the UK over the past year. The Act came into force on 1 July 2011 in Scotland as it did in the rest of the UK, but there are real differences in how the new anti-corruption regime will operate north …

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