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25 November 2022
Issue: 8004 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Law digests: 25 November 2022

Divorce

HA v WA and another [2022] EWFC 110, [2022] All ER (D) 37 (Sep)

The Family Court decided on the issue of beneficial ownership of two flats, the two flats comprising one premises (the new flat) in financial remedy proceedings brought by the husband against the wife. The husband argued that the premises belonged both legally and beneficially to the wife, in whose name the flats were registered. However, the wife and her brother (B) argued that the flats were beneficially owned by B. Accordingly, B had been joined to the proceedings as the second respondent. The court held, among other things, that B had discharged the burden of proof upon him and that on the facts it was the common intention of the wife and B that B alone should hold the beneficial interest in the new flat and that accordingly the wife held the premises on trust for him.


Employment

Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (trading as Nexus) v National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Sidley—James Inness

Sidley—James Inness

Partner joins capital markets team in London office

Haynes Boone—William Cecil

Haynes Boone—William Cecil

Firm announces appointment of partner as UK general counsel

Devonshires—Nicholas Barrows

Devonshires—Nicholas Barrows

Firm appoints first chief marketing officer to drive growth strategy

NEWS
Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year
As AI-generated ‘deepfake’ images proliferate, the law may already have the tools to respond. In NLJ this week, Jon Belcher of Excello Law argues that such images amount to personal data processing under UK GDPR
In a striking financial remedies ruling, the High Court cut a wife’s award by 40% for coercive and controlling behaviour. Writing in NLJ this week, Chris Bryden and Nicole Wallace of 4 King’s Bench Walk analyse LP v MP [2025] EWFC 473
A €60.9m award to Kylian Mbappé has refocused attention on football’s controversial ‘ethics bonus’ clauses. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law examines how such provisions sit within French labour law
A seemingly dry procedural update may prove potent. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold explains that new CPR 31.12A—part of the 193rd update—fills a ‘lacuna’ exposed in McLaren Indy v Alpa Racing
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