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Law digests: 30 July 2021

30 July 2021
Issue: 7943 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Administration of estates

Pall Mall 3 Ltd v Network Rail and another [2021] EWHC 1835 (Ch), [2021] All ER (D) 72 (Jul)

The Chancery Division considered whether dominant land with the benefit of an established easement of drainage would lose an easement upon escheat occurring on disclaimer of the freehold title. The court held that the fee simple estate in issue came to an end on escheat, but the land registered under that title did not, and neither did the derivative interests. The easement of drainage had remained attached to the land.


Family proceedings

A v A (arbitration: guidance) [2021] EWHC 1889 (Fam), [2021] All ER (D) 54 (Jul)

In the course of the wife’s application, following the party’s divorce, for the husband to show cause as to why he should not be held to the terms of an arbitration award, and following the husband’s application to challenge the award pursuant s 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996, the Family Division, in dismissing the husband’s application, held that the award was

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Slater Heelis—Chester office

Slater Heelis—Chester office

North West presence strengthened with Chester office launch

Cooke, Young & Keidan—Elizabeth Meade

Cooke, Young & Keidan—Elizabeth Meade

Firm grows commercial disputes expertise with partner promotion

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

Blake Morgan managing partner appointed chair of CBI South-East Council

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The proposed £11bn redress scheme following the Supreme Court’s motor finance rulings is analysed in this week’s NLJ by Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers
In this week's issue, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, surveys another eclectic fortnight in procedure. With humour and humanity, he reminds readers that beneath the procedural dust, the law still changes lives
Generative AI isn’t the villain of the courtroom—it’s the misunderstanding of it that’s dangerous, argues Dr Alan Ma of Birmingham City University and the Birmingham Law Society in this week's NLJ
James Naylor of Naylor Solicitors dissects the government’s plan to outlaw upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses in new commercial leases under Schedule 31 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, in this week's NLJ. The reform, he explains, marks a seismic shift in landlord-tenant power dynamics: rents will no longer rise inexorably, and tenants gain statutory caps and procedural rights
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