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Civil way: 5 April 2019

04 April 2019
Issue: 7835 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Missing persons; letting agents targeted; more bingo & forfeiture traps 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

We found you the husband in Cowan v Cowan [2001] EWCA Civ 679 last time ('Civil way', NLJ 22 March 2019, p14), albeit that he had by then shuffled off this mortal coil. Alas, I fancy that Old Man Bundy is no more and the remains of the snail in Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 cannot be located. The good news is that the husband in Charman v Charman (No 4) [2007] EWCA Civ 503 which he left with £83m in his pocket less legal fees—a post Miller case on the sharing principle in relation to non-matrimonial property—is alive and litigating and has been detected by the Civil Way radar.

We picked up John Charman in the first tier tax tribunal in Charman v HMRC [2018] UKFTT 765 (TC) where he was challenging tax assessments for circa £13m on the primary ground that at no material time was he resident in the UK. He was partially

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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