Small businesses will welcome temporary, new rules from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022 which allow them to apply (‘petition’) to wind up a debtor company in certain circumstances, easing the pandemic-related restrictions on presenting a petition that applied previously.

The Legal 500's results for 2022 have been announced and we're extremely proud to have ranked in 9 practice areas (Employment, Corporate & Commercial, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Property, Family, Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate, Contentious Probate, Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury) up one more than last year.

The House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee has launched a new inquiry on NHS litigation reform. The Committee has invited written submissions addressing the following points.

The winning party in civil cases is generally entitled to an order for payment of his legal costs from the loser. In certain cases the amount of legal costs that can be recovered for various stages of the litigation, from pre-issue to the final hearing, is fixed.

The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 introduced a number of measures to protect companies during the coronavirus pandemic.

Emily Walker, Solicitor in our Litigation team, has featured on The Times answering readers’ questions on neglected hedges and undefined boundaries with neighbours.

At the moment, the Insolvency Service has the power to investigate directors of live companies and those entering into a form of insolvency.

Nick Armitage, Partner and Head of the Ramsdens Litigation department, has featured on The Mirror giving his opinion on a recent story whereby a tenant was asked to pay £14,400, 12 months’ worth of rent payments, upfront as she had a County Court Judgement on her credit file.