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Changes to RICS PII requirements: Policy Wording updated

Topic: Construction 18.07.2025 Read more
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Non-bank firms, their directors and insurers: mind the (non-financial misconduct) gap!

Topic: Insurance and Reinsurance 17.07.2025 Read more
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Tribunal allows taxpayer's appeal in respect of overdrawn director's loan account

Topic: Tax Take 17.07.2025 Read more
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FCA and FOS jointly consult on modernising redress system

Topic: Professional and Financial Risks 16.07.2025 Read more
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HMRC's latest nudge letter campaign targets loan arrangements

Topic: Tax Take 14.07.2025 Read more
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Tribunal accepts taxpayers' Ramsay argument and allows their appeals

Topic: Tax Take 10.07.2025 Read more
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AI-dentifying risks: ensuring trust: the new RICS standard

Topic: Insurance and Reinsurance 09.07.2025 Read more
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Supreme Court resolves key construction and professional negligence issues in URS Corp Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd

Topic: Construction

Published by Aimee Talbot, Knowledge Lawyer and more.

The Supreme Court handed down its keenly awaited judgment in URS Corp Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2025] UKSC 21 on 21 May 2025. The dispute concerns whether a developer (BDW Trading Ltd) can recover the cost of remedying allegedly dangerous defects in two residential developments from the structural engineers (URS Corporation Ltd) responsible for their design. Our specialist construction insurance team consider the key points for insurers, brokers and professional consultants.

09.07.2025 Read more
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Court of Appeal slams brakes on judicial review as Supreme Court accelerates in motor finance saga

Topic: Professional and Financial Risks 04.07.2025 Read more
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HMRC directed by tribunal to issue closure notices

Topic: Tax Take

In Refinitiv Ltd and others v HMRC [2025] UKFTT 415 (TC), the First-tier Tribunal directed HMRC to issue closure notices on the basis it had failed to meet the burden to keep the relevant enquiries open as ongoing judicial review proceedings do not constitute "reasonable grounds" for not issuing a closure notice.

03.07.2025 Read more

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