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Weekly law digests

16 May 2019
Issue: 7840 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Divorce

Grandison v Joseph [2019] EWHC 977 (Fam), [2019] All ER (D) 30 (May)

The husband’s appeal against an order made in financial proceedings, on the day the decree nisi was made absolute, was dismissed. The order provided that, unless the husband, by a certain date, transferred the legal title to 42 properties from either the joint names of the parties or the wife’s name into his sole name, and obtained the release of the wife from her obligations under the mortgages on the properties, they would be placed on the market for sale. The Family Division, in dismissing the appeal, rejected the husband’s argument that the order, and a related deed, provided only for the transfer of the beneficial interest (and not the legal interest) in the properties. The court further held that the order had plainly been one within the judge’s discretion, and that she had been right to find that the husband had not used his best endeavours to obtain the wife’s release from the mortgages.

European Union

Kerr v Postnov

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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