Private Law

The Undisclosed Principal: Limiting Liability for Negligent Misrepresentations

Leave a Comment / Isabel Hahn, Private Law /

Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SPA v Playboy Club London Limited and others [2018] UKSC 43 concerns a claim for pure economic loss due to a negligent misrepresentation. It sets a precedent for cases that concern a duty of care between a statement-maker and third party undisclosed principal. At first glance, the instant case appears consistent to Hedley […]

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Employees or Independent Contractors: What Defines a “Worker”?

Leave a Comment / Josiah Senu, Private Law /

Pimlico Plumbers Limited v Smith [2018] UKSC 29 deals with several important issues concerning an intermediate category of working people falling between an “employee” under a contract of service and those who work for others as independent contractors. The final appeal decision clarifies the meaning of “worker” under section 230(3)(b) of the Employment Rights Act 1996

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What can legal academics add to the debate about private equity?

Leave a Comment / Private Law, Simon Witney /

Dear Editor,  In December 2015, Unite — Britain’s largest trade union — called on the UK government to investigate the ‘secretive machinations of private equity firms’ following the near-collapse of Fairline Boats, a Northamptonshire yacht-builder employing well over 400 people.1 Unite’s demands were not new: as the economic influence of private equity firms has increased in

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