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Law digests: 25 November 2022

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

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Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

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Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class

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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)
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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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