Alan Sansom

Jan 24, 2025 | inquisitiveminds.bristows.com | Alan Sansom |Wes Walker

In late 2024, Mr. Justice Adam Johnson delivered his judgment in Zaha Hadid Ltd v Zaha Hadid Foundation [2024] EWHC 3325 (Ch), offering valuable insights into the interpretation of indefinite agreements with unilateral termination clauses, and setting significant precedents for drafting licence agreements.

Jan 10, 2025 | inquisitiveminds.bristows.com | Wes Walker |Alan Sansom

For over a century, when a company has been sued by a shareholder, difficult questions have arisen about privilege. The rule in English law has been that companies are unable to withhold documents from their own shareholders on the basis of privilege unless the relevant advice relates to actual, threatened or contemplated litigation between the shareholders and the company. That is the “Shareholder Rule”. It sounds simple enough to apply in theory but, in practice, it can be fraught.