Author Archives: Darren Butt

PRESS RELEASE: Collyer Bristow calls for an extension to the stamp duty holiday

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Darren Butt

The call follows a sustained period of unprecedented demand on property lawyers, surveyors and lenders that is likely to result in many homebuyers missing out on the valuable relief. Janet Armstrong-Fox, Partner and Head of Private Client Property at Collyer …

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TCC refuses enforcement of adjudicator’s decision

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Darren Butt

The decision is a rare case in which an adjudicator’s decision is not enforced and is a good example of why it is important for parties to a construction contract to clarify the precise terms and conditions governing their contractual …

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Coronavirus bulletin: Shielding Revisited

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Darren Butt

This guidance aims to be less restrictive and strike a careful balance between the psychological impact of measures to protect the extremely clinically vulnerable and the physical health risks of the virus. People in this category are being advised to …

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COVID-19 AND OUTSIDE SPACE: CONSIDERATIONS FOR LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY OPERATORS

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Darren Butt

Campaigns, like Soho Estates’ “summer festival” initiative, are pushing the government to temporarily ease regulations so leisure and hospitality operators can utilise public squares and other open spaces near their venues to serve customers, with deliveries and rubbish collections being …

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Business Interruption Insurance – FCA Test Case update

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Darren Butt

The FCA’s High Court test case, aimed at resolving the issue of whether business interruption losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are covered under certain insurance policies continues at an aggressively fast pace with a second Case Management Conference having …

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Cathay Pacific, British Airways, easyJet – what’s the connection?

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Darren Butt

In March 2020 Cathy Pacific was fined £500,000, the maximum under the pre-GDPR law, for various security defects which enabled a hacker to gain access to the personal data of over 9.4 million customers worldwide. In July 2019 The ICO …

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Brexit -The impact on SMEs, Entrepreneurs and Investors

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Darren Butt

At our recent Brexited.London seminar, Henk Potts, Director of Global Investment Strategy for Barclays Private Bank gave us his insights on the current and post-Brexit developments on the UK and global markets. Here are some of the key points Henk …

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Cross-border dispute

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Darren Butt

Our Commercial disputes team is acting in a on-going and complex cross-border fraud dispute in claim for over £40 million.

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GDPR anniversary to be marked with big fines

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Darren Butt

The first anniversary of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25 May is likely to marked with big fines, says data and privacy law firm Collyer Bristow. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has to date announced just 127 enforcement …

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Major commercial restructure

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Darren Butt

We worked closely with a well-known international company during the major restructuring of its operations. This included bringing external staff in-house (via TUPE) and the reorganisation of its entire sales function internally.

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