The 1st Supplement was published in November 2024.
It is a substantial supplement, at over 300 pages, of which over 200 are substantive text. It is presented in the same order and format as the original edition, and the updated replacement paragraphs and footnotes are set out in full and clearly cross referenced to the originals.
The Supplement covers (amongst many other matters) recent judgment on the Syers v Syers jurisdiction (Bahia v Sidhu and Cobden v Cobden), estoppel (Merryman v Merryman and Winter v Winter), and whether a partner can be a worker (Watson v Wallwork Nelson Johnson). Its Preface also includes a brief summary of important judgments which were given too late to be included in the main body of the Supplement.
Anyone involved in writing on ECCTA 2024 or considering how and when to respond to its provisions will sympathise with the editor's difficulties arising from DBT's late announcement that the provisions on limited partnerships would not be brought into force until 2026. This announcement was made only after the editor had already written the necessary revisions on limited partnerships, but the decision was taken to defer publishing these revisions (as discussed in the Preface to the Supplement).