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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

NLJ Career Profile: Stephen Ward, The Barrister Group

NLJ Career Profile: Stephen Ward, The Barrister Group

From mowing lawns to life at the Bar: Stephen Ward reflects on an unconventional career

Clarke Willmott—Ben Loosemore

Clarke Willmott—Ben Loosemore

Commercial property partner joins Clarke Willmott in Southampton

Ellisons—Robert Tiffen

Ellisons—Robert Tiffen

Robert Tiffen joins Ellisons as Partner in growing Norwich office

NEWS
The Law Society RFC Festival of Sport returns next month, bringing together legal and financial services professionals for one of the sector’s largest annual sporting events
Legal aid deserts leave almost one in four without adequate access to justice
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has warned solicitors and law firms that using artificial intelligence does not alter their professional obligations, amid concerns over inaccurate legal material and client confidentiality
From forgotten interest claims to case-management appeals, a string of procedural developments offers useful—and occasionally cautionary—lessons for practitioners

Jonathan Fisher KC highlights that it now accounts for around 40% of criminal offences, with roughly 70% involving technology, and argues that the UK cannot simply prosecute its way out of the problem. Detection, investigation and prosecution all require improvement, while different fraud types demand tailored responses.

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