Samarenko v Dawn Hill House Ltd [2011] EWCA civ 1445 (01 December 2011)

Introduction This case raised an important yet common issue. If a purchaser failures to pay a deposit on time under a contract for the sale of land does that lead to a repudiatory breach of contract entitling the seller to terminate the contract? In law if the answer is no but the contract makes time […]

New Executive Director for SRA

Richard Collins, the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) Director of Policy and Standards, has been promoted to Executive Director.  Collins will now be responsible for Regulatory Policy, Standards, Strategy and Research and will sit on the SRA Senior Management Team (SMT), overseeing management and development of these areas. Antony Townsend, SRA Chief Executive, comments: "The changing […]