Features – Page 8
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FeatureApplying for relief against forfeiture
Macmillan Cancer Support v Hayes [2017] EWHC 3110 (Ch)
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FeatureFuture status of EU citizens and families
On 8 December 2017 the European Commission and UK government issued a Joint Report on the progress of article 50 talks to date. A week later the stage was set to proceed.
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FeatureReforming the law on wills
Luke Watson has four predictions about the outcome of the Law Commission’s review on wills.
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FeatureEstablishing fraudulent calumny
Christodoulides v Marcou considers whether trial judge applied the correct legal principles for establishing fraudulent calumny.
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FeaturePersonal injury: Foster carers and vicarious liability
Supreme Court reverses decision of the Court of Appeal, deciding that a local authority could be vicariously liable for torts committed by foster carers against children in local authority care.
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FeatureFamily: Undertakings and variations
Birch v Birch emphasises the variation of family orders.
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FeatureWills and probate: Face to face with online wills
The Law Commission has rekindled the debate on replacing archaic will-making with a digital future.
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FeatureFutures market - Private client
Helping people navigate their lives can be immensely rewarding, hears Grania Langdon-Down, but where is the next generation of private client solicitors?
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FeatureTestamentary freedom – Ilott v The Blue Cross and others
Judgment finally lays to rest this extraordinarily long-running litigation saga.
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FeatureFamily: sharing foreign pensions on divorce
How will a significant change from established practice affect the court’s power to rule on foreign pensions?
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FeatureChild protection in football – lessons still to be learned
The emerging revelations about sex abuse in football suggest mistakes were made. How can we ensure they are not repeated?
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FeatureFamily: financial needs on divorce
The Family Justice Council’s latest guidance is essential reading.
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FeatureFamily law: the courts face a crisis
With the Court of Appeal no longer hearing challenges to local family courts, the court system is at breaking point.
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FeatureFamily law: parental alienation
‘Parental alienation’ is a widely recognised phenomenon in North America but we have a long way to go.
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FeatureCross-border family disputes complicated by EU referendum
What does a vote to leave the EU mean for family law practitioners?
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FeatureMoney matters in family cases
District Judge Peter Glover concludes his series on enforcement and the family court.
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FeatureFamily law: offsetting pensions
A considered overview of offsetting pensions in financial remedy orders helps fill a gap where there is precious little guidance.
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