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Harrowells Commercial Updates

  • Impact of the Provision of Services Regulations 2009

    The Provision of Services Regulations came into force on 28th December 2009 and applies to the majority of businesses that provide services in the UK. If you are a service provider within the scope of these Regulations you are required to make certain...
  • If an adjudicator has made a mistake in their decision, will the error invalidate the decision?

    This was the question considered by the Technology and Construction Court in a judgment handed down on 8th October 2009 in the case of Geoffrey Osborne Ltd. v. Atkins Rail Ltd. [2009] EWHC 2425. The implications This case confirms that unsuccessful...
  • Foxtons appeals decision in case brought by Office of Fair Trading

    On 20th July 2009 we circulated commentary to clients reporting on the High Court ruling that certain contractual terms of Foxtons relating to lettings were unfair. Subsequent to this ruling, Foxtons sought permission to appeal. However, they specifically...
  • Promoting York's young professionals

    Nicola Fielding and Greg Kilvington, commercial and commercial litigation solicitors respectively at Harrowells, have been closely involved in the launch of ‘Make-York’, a new group dedicated to promoting York’s status as a desirable...
  • Legal 500 recognition

    Our expertise in the areas of corporate and commercial law, commercial litigation, employment law, agricultural and estates law and commercial property is formally recognised by Legal 500, who independently research and assess leading UK law firms....