Court of appeal rules against Rolls-Royce in liability cap dispute
March 27th 2025The Court of Appeal has ruled against Rolls-Royce Motor Cars in a dispute over the interpretation of a liability cap in a software contract with German technology firm Topalsson GmbH. Rob Winder Senior Associate Chartered Legal Executive in our Dispute Resolution team provides an update. The case arose after Rolls-Royce commissioned Topalsson in October 2019 to develop digital visualisation software for its car customisation service. The contract was terminated in April 2020 following…
Free event offers expert advice for commercial property landlords
November 28th 2024A FREE event offering practical advice to commercial property landlords is taking place in Carlisle in January. Landlord Rights: What You Need to Know About Your Commercial Property will feature an expert panel from Cartmell Shepherd Solicitors and Dodd & Co offering advice on everything from drafting contracts to dealing with defaulting tenants. The breakfast event takes place on Thursday, January 16 at The Auctioneer on Rosehill Industrial Estate from…
Chamber hosts first International Men’s Day event
November 20th 2024Businesses from across the Chamber network gathered today at Carlisle Rugby Club for an event celebrating International Men’s Day. The event, themed ‘Supporting Men at Work’, focused on key issues such as mental health, wellbeing, addiction, and overcoming adversity. The day began with an inspiring presentation from Gary Martin and JP Ward, facilitators at Andy’s Man Club’s Carlisle group. They shared the origins of Andy’s Man Club, which organises weekly…
New pledge to crack down on late payments to small businesses
October 16th 2024The government has pledged to support small businesses and the self-employed by tackling what it calls “the scourge of late payments”. Rob Winder Senior Associate Chartered Legal Executive in our Dispute Resolution team provides an update. Delays to payment of invoices cost small businesses £22,000 a year on average and lead to 50,000 closures a year. The government is now consulting on tough new laws designed to hold larger firms to account. In…
Minority shareholder has partial success in unfair treatment claim
October 2nd 2024A minority shareholder has lost his claim that he was treated unfairly when trying to sell his shares back to the company. Rob Winder Senior Associate Chartered Legal Executive in our Dispute Resolution team reports on this recent case. However, he had a partial success in that the court agreed that his shares may have been undervalued by the company’s auditor. The case revolves around Stuart Wells, a former director and 14.3% shareholder…
Tenant’s appeal against possession order struck out by court
April 18th 2024The High Court has struck out a commercial tenant’s notice of appeal against a possession order because it was “bound to fail”. Rob Winder Senior Associate Chartered Legal Executive in our Dispute Resolution team reports on this recent case. The issue arose after the landlord had granted the tenant a lease of the property in 2020. The lease contained a break clause giving the landlord the option to terminate with appropriate written notice.…
RTM company entitled to pursue covenant claim against tenant
March 12th 2024A right to manage company was entitled in the same way as a landlord to pursue a case in the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) against the lessee of a flat who was in breach of covenant. Rob Winder Senior Associate Chartered Legal Executive in our Dispute Resolution team reports on this recent case. That was the decision of the Court of Appeal in a case involving Eastpoint Block A RTM Co Ltd v Otubaga.…
Contract limits supplier’s liability in multi-million-pound dispute
November 1st 2023A clause imposed a single liability cap for all claims arising out of a multi-million-pound contract; it did not include multiple caps with a separate limit applying to each claim. Rob Winder Senior Associate Chartered Legal Executive in our Dispute Resolution team reports on this recent case. That was the decision of the Technology & Construction Court in a dispute involving Drax Energy Solutions Ltd v Wipro Ltd. Wipro provided…
New appointments bring decades of experience to leading legal firm
September 6th 2023A LEADING legal firm has further strengthened its team with the appointment of two vastly experienced solicitors. Cartmell Shepherd Solicitors, which has offices across Cumbria, has welcomed Rob Winder to the company as a Senior Associate and Sarah Griffiths as a Solicitor based from its Penrith office. Rob’s appointment marks a return to the place he started his legal career more than two decades ago, before moving to Burnetts Solicitors…
