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The Supreme Court has recently considered, for the first time since it came into force, section 172 of the Companies Act (the duty on directors to promote the success of the company) and whether a director can discharge this duty by doing what they honestly believe is in the best interests of the company, even if pursuing that strategy means going behind the board. The Supreme Court in Saxon Woods Investments Limited v Costa [2026] UKSC 21 has confirmed that the discharge of the duty requires good faith which is to be considered objectively.

The Crime and Policing Act 2026 (the "Act") received Royal Assent on 29 April 2026. The Act extends the corporate liability for the acts of senior managers beyond the provisions of s196 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 ("ECCTA"). 

The FCA and SRA have published a joint statement warning firms involved in motor finance claims about the risks of clients having multiple representatives and facing excessive termination fees. The statement sets out clear expectations on onboarding, communication, and managing duplicate claims.

In this article we consider how schools may inadvertently find themselves facing a claim for copyright infringement and what you should be aware of in order to avoid this.

In the recent case of Bradley v Abacus Land 2025, the Court of Appeal assessed if a landlord had exercised its discretion unreasonably, in breach of contract. The Court found that, in residential service charge cases, a landlord's decision would be unlikely to be overturned on grounds of reasonableness, unless the decision was one that no reasonable landlord could have made. This case highlights the high threshold leaseholders must meet in residential service charge cases, to successfully challenge a decision as being unreasonable.