The family law profession faced judicial castigation in a recent case, as Laura Mortimer explains
Is there a claim for the vehicle’s diminution; if so, with what limits? Stewart Fairhurst reports
Can an equitable interest in a house take priority over a legal charge? Nicholas Asprey reports
Regulated unregulated credit, cross-border harassment & CPR latest
Re Estate of Jimmy Savile; National Westminster Bank plc v Lucas and others [2014] EWCA Civ 1632, [2014] All ER (D) 190 (Dec)
Public Joint Stock Company Vseukrainskyi Aktsionernyi Bank v Maksimov and others [2014] EWHC 4370 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 218 (Dec)
Miraszewski and others v District Court In Torun, Poland and another [2014] EWHC 4261 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 208 (Dec)
R (Natural England) v Day [2014] EWCA Crim 2683, [2014] All ER (D) 192 (Dec)
R (on the application of Idira) v Secretary of State for Home Department [2014] EWHC 4299 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 241 (Dec)
R (on the application of Delezuch) v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Constabulary; R (on the application of Duggan) v Association of Chief Police Officers [2014] EWCA Civ 1635, [2014] All ER (D) 234 (Dec)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton
Chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers joins as partner
Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan
Group names Shakespeare Martineau partner head of Sheffield office
Blake Morgan—four promotions
Four legal directors promoted to partner across UK offices
The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC
