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21 February 2019
Issue: 7829 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Civil way: 22 February 2019

Nullity goes up; legal aid cuts no ice; homicide in Court of Appeal.

NIKAH NULLITY NEWS

The impacting judgment in Akhter v Khan and another [2018] EWFC 54 (see NLJ 19 October 2018, p14) is going to the Court of Appeal to be reassuringly listed by 7 February 2020. However, it is the intervening Attorney- General who is taking it there having been granted permission to appeal on paper and with Deepak Nagpal retained for the appeal. Paula Rhone-Adrien who represented the husband below tells me that he and the wife have come to terms and so there was no further appeal permission sought for him.

SYMPATHY FOR LEGAL AID CUTS: NOTHING ELSE!

Your tax was due on 31 January 2019, my self-employed friends. If you have failed to pay, read on. For the purpose of this therapy, I will call you the taxpayer although, in reality, you are the taxnonpayer.

Late payment penalties can be appealed to the first tier tribunal of the tax chamber with a further

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Constantine Law—Anita Vadgama

Constantine Law—Anita Vadgama

New senior partner hire at consultant-led employment / regulatory law firm

Ward Hadaway—Emma Swann & Jill Donabie

Ward Hadaway—Emma Swann & Jill Donabie

Firm adds two partners to growing education practice

mfg Solicitors—Lauren Collins, Emily Stancer & Sara Southall

mfg Solicitors—Lauren Collins, Emily Stancer & Sara Southall

Trio of newly qualified solicitors strengthens Worcester office law firm

NEWS
The treasury has sought to reassure the legal profession over concerns about cost, bureaucracy and independence when the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) takes over regulation of anti-money laundering compliance
One out of two barristers has come under pressure from clients to act unethically, according to the results of this year’s Barristers’ Working Lives survey
The Court of Appeal has held the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) was wrong to set aside a Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) decision on unfair pricing of phenytoin, an epilepsy drug
A flagship employment law reform is due to come into effect on 1 July, extending unfair dismissal rights to employees after six months in their job instead of two years
The European Council has postponed the EU-UK summit, where discussions on a youth mobility scheme and other issues had been due to take place, due to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s resignation
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