Is grief enough to invalidate a will, asks Kate Harris
What is the liability of a director who pays debts while his company is insolvent? Helen Mulcahy & Davina Bentley report
Brice Dickson provides an overview of events in the Supreme Court in 2013
Adamson and others v Paddico (267) Ltd (Geo H Haigh & Co Ltd intervening); Taylor (on behalf of the Society for the Protection of Markham and Little Francis) v Betterment Properties (Weymouth) Ltd [2014] UKSC 7, [2014] All ER (D) 21 (Feb)
Dass v Beggs [2014] EWHC 164 (Ch), [2014] All ER (D) 26 (Feb)
United States of America v Nolan [2014] EWCA Civ 71, [2014] All ER (D) 36 (Feb)
R (on the application of Crawford) v The Legal Ombudsman [2014] EWHC 182 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 43 (Feb)
Golstein v Bishop [2014] EWCA Civ 10, [2014] All ER (D) 53 (Feb)
Blankley v Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust [2014] EWHC 168 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 47 (Feb)
"The book mines this rich vein extremely effectively, wherever relevant assessing what has changed both over the past 40 years since Paterson’s earlier book"
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Maryam Syed KC, Church Court Chambers
From childhood dreams of the Bar to some of the country's most challenging cases, Maryam Syed KC explains why she has never stopped standing up for others
DAC Beachcroft—Richard Breavington, Rachel Ford & Daniel Guilfoyle
DAC Beachcroft significantly expands Cyber team, hiring three Cyber partners
Browne Jacobson—Professor Clive Kay
Browne Jacobson appoints senior healthcare leader Professor Clive Kay as strategic adviser
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.
