🎧 HSF Podcast: Commercial Litigation EP28: General update

Published on November 27, 2024

In this 28th episode of our series of commercial litigation update podcasts, we give updates on developments relating to representative actions and litigation funding, a couple of interesting contract law cases, on waiver of contractual rights to terminate and the interplay between a liability cap and set-off, and a Court of Appeal decision relating to liability for secret commissions in the motor finance context, which has potentially broader implications. This episode is hosted by Maura McIntosh, a professional support consultant in our litigation team, who is joined by James Farrell, a disputes partner, and Nic Patmore, a senior associate in our disputes team.

Below you can find links to our blog posts on most of the developments and cases covered in this podcast.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/173978/episodes/16183126-commercial-litigation-ep28-general-update.mp3
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