Unregulated sperm donation, best interests & public policy
Mark Pawlowski asks the unromantic question of who keeps the ring, and when, if a couple split
The latest case involving a serial sperm donor serves to highlight the serious legal & ethical issues around unregulated donation, write Isabelle James & Lee Henderson
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Ward Hadaway—Alex Cooper
Corporate team welcomes partner in Leeds
Ellisons—Navraj Rai
Senior associate joins employment department
DWF—Chris Spelman
London dispute resolution team expands with partner hire
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The profession has been presented with a rare opportunity to reflect on the delivery of legal services in the modern age, writes CILEX CEO Jennifer Coupland
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An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ
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The government will aim to pass legislation banning leasehold for new flats and capping ground rent, introducing non-compulsory digital ID and creating a ‘duty of candour’ for public servants (also known as the Hillsborough law) in the next Parliament
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An Italian financier has lost his bid to block his Australian wife from filing divorce papers in England on the basis it was no longer her domicile of choice
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Reforms to the disclosure regime in the business and property courts have not achieved their objectives, lawyers have warned
