Frances Ratcliffe
Barrister
Frances Ratcliffe is a barrister at Radcliffe Chambers (www.radcliffechambers.com)
The latest developments in property cohabitation cases: where are we now, asks Frances Ratcliffe
Frances Ratcliffe counts up executors’ costs after Raymond Saul v Holden
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MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Ben Daniels, DAC Beachcroft
Ben Daniels, newly elected as the next senior partner of DAC Beachcroft, reflects on his leadership inspiration and considers an impish alternative career
Osbornes Law—Lee Henderson
Family team bolstered by latest partner hire
Freeths—Graeme Danby & John Jeffreys
Firms strengthens national restructuring and insolvency practice with leadership appointments
NEWS
In Ward v Rai, the High Court reaffirmed that imprecise points of dispute can and will be struck out. Writing in NLJ this week, Amy Dunkley of Bolt Burdon Kemp reports on the decision and its implications for practitioners
Could the Supreme Court’s
ruling in R v Hayes; R v Palombo
unintentionally unsettle future
complex fraud trials? Maia Cohen-Lask of Corker Binning explores
the question in NLJ this week
In NLJ this week, Ian Smith, emeritus professor at UEA, explores major developments in employment law from the Supreme Court and appellate courts
Writing in NLJ this week, Kamran Rehman and Harriet Campbell of Penningtons Manches Cooper examine Operafund Eco-Invest SICAV plc v Spain, where the Commercial Court held that ICSID and Energy Charter Treaty awards cannot be assigned
Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School highlights a turbulent end to 2025 in the civil courts, from the looming appeal in Mazur to judicial frustration with ever-expanding bundles, in his final NLJ 'The insider' column of the year
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