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Mar 11, 2025

Building Safety Act: new TCC case on building information orders

Section 130 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) allows the High Court to make building liability orders (BLO) if it considers it just and equitable to do so.  Section 132 allows the court to make an information order to enable applicants to decide whether to apply for a BLO. In this Insight, Marcus Birch considers the recent TCC decision in BDW Trading Ltd v Ardmore Construction Ltd & Ors [2025] EWHC 434 (TCC), which provides guidance on the circumstances in which the court will entertain an application for an information order, and the types of information and documents which it will include in such an order.  
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Mar 10, 2025

State Laws Present Litigation Risks for Financial Industry’s Artificial Intelligence Use

The financial industry increasingly uses artificial intelligence (“AI”) to raise business efficiencies, improve customer experience, and limit fraud and crime. However, two lawsuits leveraging existing state privacy laws and a spate of new AI-specific legislation spotlight how this use could implicate state laws and expose financial institutions to litigation.
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Mar 07, 2025

Can you keep a secret?

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Mar 07, 2025

Commonhold 2.0: Commercial Takeaways from the Government’s White Paper

The UK Government’s Commonhold White Paper, published on 3 March 2025, commits to making commonhold the default tenure for flats in England and Wales. A reboot of the commonhold legal framework originally introduced in 2002, this new regime (which we refer to as Commonhold 2.0 in this insight) draws on 182 proposals in the Law Commission’s 2020 report. In this insight we discuss the key commercial takeaways.
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Mar 07, 2025

“Dividing Line” in Public Policy – Insolvency and Arbitration

A creditor commences winding-up proceedings against a debtor company on the basis that the company is insolvent. The petition debt relates to a dispute within the ambit of the arbitration agreement between the creditor and the debtor. Should the Court either:- Uphold the parties’ agreement to arbitrate (and stay / dismiss the winding-up); or Allow the creditor to continue to pursue the debt in winding-up proceedings? In our previous article on the topic in August 2020, we discussed Lasmos approach and the inter-relationship between arbitration and insolvency proceedings through the cases of: (1) the HKCFI case La…

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Mar 11, 2025
Building Safety Act: new TCC case on building information orders
Section 130 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) allows the High Court to make building liability orders (BLO) if it considers it just and equitable to do so.  Section 132 allows the court to make an information order to enable applicants to decide whether to apply for a BLO. In this Insight, Marcus Birch considers the recent TCC decision in BDW Trading Ltd v Ardmore Construction Ltd & Ors [2025] EWHC 434 (TCC), which provides guidance on the circumstances in which the court will entertain an application for an information order, and the types of information and documents which it will include in such an order.  
Blog Post
Mar 10, 2025
SEC Staff issues new guidance on M&A lockups and all-cash tender offers
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Mar 10, 2025
State Laws Present Litigation Risks for Financial Industry’s Artificial Intelligence Use
The financial industry increasingly uses artificial intelligence (“AI”) to raise business efficiencies, improve customer experience, and limit fraud and crime. However, two lawsuits leveraging existing state privacy laws and a spate of new AI-specific legislation spotlight how this use could implicate state laws and expose financial institutions to litigation.
Insights
Updated: March 2025
U.S. biometric laws & pending legislation tracker
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Mar 07, 2025
BCLP Associates Featured in Law.com on First Oral Argument Experience
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Mar 07, 2025
Can you keep a secret?
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Mar 07, 2025
Commonhold 2.0: Commercial Takeaways from the Government’s White Paper
The UK Government’s Commonhold White Paper, published on 3 March 2025, commits to making commonhold the default tenure for flats in England and Wales. A reboot of the commonhold legal framework originally introduced in 2002, this new regime (which we refer to as Commonhold 2.0 in this insight) draws on 182 proposals in the Law Commission’s 2020 report. In this insight we discuss the key commercial takeaways.
Insights
Mar 07, 2025
“Dividing Line” in Public Policy – Insolvency and Arbitration
A creditor commences winding-up proceedings against a debtor company on the basis that the company is insolvent. The petition debt relates to a dispute within the ambit of the arbitration agreement between the creditor and the debtor. Should the Court either:- Uphold the parties’ agreement to arbitrate (and stay / dismiss the winding-up); or Allow the creditor to continue to pursue the debt in winding-up proceedings? In our previous article on the topic in August 2020, we discussed Lasmos approach and the inter-relationship between arbitration and insolvency proceedings through the cases of: (1) the HKCFI case La…
Insights
Mar 06, 2025
Cyber – More Than Just Breach Response