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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

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

Nikki Bowker, head of litigation and dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team

DWF—Chris Air

DWF—Chris Air

Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment

NEWS
Contract damages are usually assessed at the date of breach—but not always. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Gascoigne, knowledge lawyer at LexisNexis, examines the growing body of cases where courts have allowed later events to reshape compensation
The Supreme Court has restored ‘doctrinal coherence’ to unfair prejudice litigation, writes Natalie Quinlivan, partner at Fieldfisher LLP, in this week' NLJ
The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ
A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts
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