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A recent case has highlighted the position of formal demands under personal guarantees. In October 2018 the High Court decided that Barclays Bank could rely on a formal written demand even where the amount specified was incorrect as it exceeded the liability cap in the guarantee.A simple guarantee d...

For the past few years the Civil Justice Council ADR Working Group has been looking at the role of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and considering how it can and should be used in the future. The main question posed was whether it should be compulsory.They published their Final Report in Novemb...