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28 November 2019
Issue: 7866 / Categories: In court , Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Weekly law digests

Conflict of laws

C v C (Jersey) [2019] UKPC 40, [2019] All ER (D) 49 (Nov)

The Court of Appeal of Jersey had not erred in upholding a finding that the appellant make periodical payments in respect of a child despite an agreement by the mother that he was not the child’s father. The Privy Council, in dismissing the appeal, held that the Court of Appeal had been right to recognise the Latvian court’s declaration that the appellant was the father of the respondent mother’s child that had established the appellant’s paternity.

Costs

Burnden Holdings (UK) Ltd (in liquidation) and another v Fielding and another [2019] EWHC 2995 (Ch), [2019] All ER (D) 91 (Nov)

In all the circumstances of the case, the just course was to apply a cap on the liability of the second respondent firm of the second claimant liquidator to pay any part of the defendants’ costs equal to the amount of funding it had contributed, namely in the amount of £478,265. The Chancery Division further held

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Winckworth Sherwood—David Fendt

Winckworth Sherwood—David Fendt

Restructuring and insolvency practice strengthened by partner hire

Gateley Legal—Billy Poulter & Shay Moore

Gateley Legal—Billy Poulter & Shay Moore

North West residential development team welcomes partner and associate

Burgess Mee—Victoria Sterritt

Burgess Mee—Victoria Sterritt

Family law boutique expands London team with legal director hire

NEWS
Some employment law controversies never disappear—they merely lie dormant
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming legal practice, but its successful adoption depends as much on culture as technology
The fallout from Lord Mandelson’s appointment and dismissal as UK ambassador to Washington raises profound questions about constitutional governance, accountability and political appointments
Pastries may be in the firing line while kebabs escape scrutiny, but the reality is far more nuanced
The Supreme Court’s decision in Dillon highlights a central tension in modern public law: rights may be recognised without being fully realised
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