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19 November 2020
Issue: 7911 / Categories: Legal News , Family , Divorce
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NLJ this week: Life after White: two decades of divorce equality?

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White v White was a landmark in divorce law, ushering in a more equal playing field for couples where one spouse works and the other stays home
It was ‘a celebrated decision at the time, considered a sign that the law was catching up with society’, writes Abby Buckland, partner, Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week.

Lord Nicholls summarised: ‘There should be no bias in favour of the money-earner and against the home-maker and the child-carer.’


Twenty years on from this seminal judgment, Buckland assesses how much progress has been made in gender equality. 

Issue: 7911 / Categories: Legal News , Family , Divorce
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Browne Jacobson—Vicky Tomlinson

Browne Jacobson—Vicky Tomlinson

Browne Jacobson appoints Vicky Tomlinson as Head of Independent Health and Care

DWF—five appointments

DWF—five appointments

DWF further strengthens major injury and casualty offering with new partner and four directors from DAC Beachcroft

Switalskis—Laura Ornsby

Switalskis—Laura Ornsby

Switalskis strengthens Grimsby child care team

NEWS
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’

Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application

Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
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