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Law digests: 23 February 2024

23 February 2024
Issue: 8060 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Family proceedings

BR v BR [2024] EWFC 11, [2024] All ER (D) 59 (Feb)

The Family Court ruled on the course of action that needed to be taken after the parties had chosen to divorce, and the husband’s (H) ES2 total figure, which was provisional, was £183m, of which approximately £163m represented his estimate of the business values. The wife (W) expressed some suspicion about H’s approach to valuing the businesses, believing that he would have sought to have depreciated their true worth. It fell to be determined whether a Single Joint Expert (SJE) should have been appointed. The court held, among other things, that the correct course of action had been for the implementation of a SJE instruction since a SJE report would have been likely to have given the parties a more secure evidential foundation for the FDR than two solely instructed reports.


Landlord & tenant

Jacobs v Chalcot Crescent (Management) Company Ltd [2024] EWHC 259 (Ch), [2024] All ER (D) 63 (Feb)

The Chancery Division ruled on the claimant

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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