How to Draft a Commercial Contract That Helps You Get Paid on Time Late payments are a growing challenge for UK businesses — particularly in the current high-interest, high-cost environment. But much of the problem can be avoided long before

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Debt recovery after the High Court’s Mazur ruling: why pre-litigation collection now matters more than ever What happened — in plain English In Mazur & Stuart v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB), the High Court confirmed that

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High Court clarifies: non-qualified staff cannot conduct litigation — even under supervision The High Court has ruled in Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys that non-qualified staff cannot conduct litigation, even under a solicitor’s supervision. The decision overturns earlier SRA guidance