Clarke Willmott’s London office improves on already impressive Legal 500 results for 2026
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The London office of national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP has been ranked highly in this year’s Legal 500 guide, with numerous practice areas and individual lawyers being recognised.
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Clarke Willmott’s Southampton office improves on already impressive Legal 500 results for 2026
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The Southampton office of national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP has been ranked highly in this year’s Legal 500 guide, with numerous practice areas and individual lawyers being recognised.
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Dale Edwards, Strategic Consultant – Green Energy, discusses the importance of clean air and the potential implications in securing it, on planning in the future.
Compensation obtained for delay in diagnosis of ovarian cancer
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Our client suffered symptoms from abdominal pain to blood in urine, despite being examined by CT scans and ultrasounds, no diagnosis was made until she reached stage 3 ovarian cancer. Whilst the doctors admitted breach of duty, they denied causation.
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Compensation obtained for knee replacement surgery which resulted in cardiac arrest
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A medical negligence case report on a knee replacement / operation go wrong. An incident of a client who experienced significant bleeding and cardiac arrest.
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Coronavirus and force majeure clauses in construction standard form contracts
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It seems highly probable that the coronavirus pandemic itself will be found to constitute a force majeure. This will only be applicable if the contract was entered before the coronavirus outbreak. Alternatively, contracts will be “frustrated”. This means they literally cannot be performed.
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Could proposed tax changes prompt law firms to reconsider LLP status?
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Corporate and commercial law
With speculation mounting that the Chancellor may introduce National Insurance levies on LLPs in the upcoming 26 November Budget, many law firm leaders are beginning to assess their structural options in order to try to mitigate any additional tax.
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Kelvin Balmont
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Could your clients benefit by migrating their offshore trusts to the UK?
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Some trustees and beneficiaries wrongly believe that the trust must remain ‘offshore’ or else face a huge tax bill on immigration back to the UK, but this is not correct.
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Court of Appeal allows secret commissions claim to proceed as a representative action
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Financial services litigation
The Court of Appeal in Commission Recovery Ltd v Marks & Clerk LLP & Another [2024] EWCA Civ 9 has upheld a High Court’s decision permitting a secret commission claim to proceed as a representative action under CPR 19.8 in an important decision for the “opt out” collective action regime in England and Wales.
Written by
Darren Kidd
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