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Welcome to Debenhams Ottaway
Debenhams Ottaway Solicitors help individuals, families and businesses to navigate legal challenges and make the most of new opportunities at home and in business in the UK and internationally. We...
Why setting the right tone for your divorce matters
Loss of a partner through divorce or separation is a type of bereavement, which brings about various stages of grief, one of which is anger. As a result, it is...
The IPEC – part 36 offers and recovery of costs above the costs “cap”
In a recent decision in the Intellectual Property and Enterprise Court (“IPEC”), HHJ Hacon has held that Part 36 Offers to settle can, in some circumstances, override the caps on...
New claim form for possession of property (Accelerated Procedure)
The Court has recently introduced additional questions to be answered by a landlord who is making a claim to recover possession of property from a tenant following the service of...
Debenhams Ottaway LLP launch litigation funding panel tender exercise
Debenhams Ottaway LLP, have launched an invitation to tender for its litigation funding panel. The firm’s clients include high net worth individuals, entrepreneurs, fast growing SMEs, large corporations and insolvency...
Uncertainty for extending leaseholders continues. Will it ever be resolved?
The Court of Appeal has today handed down its decision in the Mundy -v- The Trustees of the Sloane Stanley Estate [2018] EWCA Civ 35 on the issue of premiums...
Skip a generation: Deeds of Variation
For many, receiving an inheritance will be a welcome gift but what if the recipient has no need for the money and would like to benefit others instead? The recipient...
Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017
Owners of IP rights, be they trade marks, design rights or patents, are often faced with having to protect those rights from third parties. Often the first inclination of an...
High Court confirms correct procedure for committal proceedings brought by a trustee in bankruptcy
The High Court has considered and clarified the procedure for a trustee in bankruptcy to apply to commit a bankrupt who has failed to comply with his statutory obligations under...
Season’s greetings from Debenhams Ottaway
Everyone at Debenhams Ottaway would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. During the Christmas break our office opening hours will be Monday 25 – Wednesday 27 December 2017...
Family & Christmas
For many families Christmas is a time of excited anticipation – looking forward to everything that the festive season has to offer and the chance to spend that period with...
Disclosability of experiments in patent proceedings
The High Court has provided clarification on when documents relating to experiments in a patent infringement dispute might be disclosable (Magnesium Elektron Ltd v Neo Chemicals & Oxides (Europe) Ltd...
Debenhams Ottaway launch DebtFast, a dedicated website for credit and finance managers.
Debenhams Ottaway launched its competitively priced fixed and capped fee debt recovery product, DebtFast, in 2012 but has followed this up with a dedicated website which contains a wealth of information for...
National minimum wage & sleep-in shifts…the government publishes long awaited guidance
Earlier this year we reported on a judgment which established that the majority of sleep in shifts should be counted as “working time” and therefore paid at National Minimum Wage rate. Following on from this...