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04 August 2017
Issue: 7757 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Divorce

Amin v Amin [2017] EWCA Civ 1114, [2017] All ER (D) 197 (Jul)

The judge had jurisdiction to make a pension sharing order and to make supplemental orders by way of enforcement of his previous lump sum order, which had ordered the husband to pay the wife £350,000 and which the husband had failed to pay. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, in dismissing the husband’s appeal, held that the husband’s attack on the judge’s exercise of discretion in utilising part of the husband’s pension fund by way of enforcement was hopeless. It had been perfectly proper for the judge to have proceeded as he had.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Switalskis—Sally Ann Masih, Suzy Overton & Jane Beaumont

Switalskis—Sally Ann Masih, Suzy Overton & Jane Beaumont

Trio of recruits strengthens Switalskis residential property team

Ward Hadaway—Steven Hayward

Ward Hadaway—Steven Hayward

Birmingham law firm appoints construction partner

Flint Bishop—six appointments

Flint Bishop—six appointments

Flint Bishop accelerates Northern growth through strategic senior appointments

NEWS
A High Court decision has clarified that a home may be unfit for human habitation not only where conditions endanger health or safety, but also where they seriously undermine comfort and convenience

A longer time limit for employment tribunal claims, new charity law thresholds, property tribunal recruitment and appellate guidance on small-claims costs feature in the latest Civil Way round-up

A recent High Court ruling could make issue estoppel considerably more complex in cross-border litigation, requiring parties to consider the foreign law governing the underlying claim
The Supreme Court has overturned Cheshire West’s bright-line test for deprivation of liberty, replacing it with a broader, more contextual assessment that gives greater weight to an individual’s wishes, feelings and apparent consent
Jonathan Fisher KC’s wide-ranging fraud report contains worthwhile proposals, but turning them into workable reform will require money, capacity and political will
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