In recent years, a few law firms have made a cottage industry of enticing condominium home owners associations to sue the project developers over many issues, very often for alleged construction ...

Parties to real estate contracts often change over time, whether as the result of an assignment, financing, or otherwise. Relatedly, additional parties (beyond those named in the underlying contract) ...

Here’s something I know is keeping you up at night during the holidays when your heating bill is skyrocketing because the windows in your home leak air like the Titanic’s hull leaked water: Can I sue ...

The word “privy” derives from the French word “privé” and from the Latin “privus”, both of which may be defined in English as the word “private.” Accordingly, one who is in their “privies” is in their ...

No, not a privy, “privity”! Trust me, it’s different. So what, then, is a “privity”? Well, first off, privity is not a thing. Instead, it is a concept. For now, think magnets. I’ll come back to that ...

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As discussed in this article, determining whether a privity-like relationship is proven, or at the motion to dismiss stage adequately pleaded, is intensively fact-specific. Claims for professional ...

Privity of contract, in the famous words of Viscount Haldane LC in the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre case, is the principle that ‘only a person who is a party to a contract can sue on it’. For an idea that ...

Why does the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) continue to involve SM Prime Holdings Inc. (SMPI) in its tussle with the Taguig city government? This perplexes a lot of people. As a ...