Davina Bentley & Helen Mulcahy examine dividend payments to the detriment of creditors
“His ability to explain core concepts & the nuances is a wonder to behold”
Possession obstruction; CPR 87th update; Hearing fee refunds axed & “Don’t tell the wife”
Wiltonpark Ltd and others v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2016] EWCA Civ 1294, [2016] All ER (D) 87 (Dec)
Gaind v Dunbar Assets Plc [2016] EWHC 3187 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 89 (Dec)
Re N (A Child) (Recognition of foreign adoption) [2016] EWHC 3085 (Fam), [2016] All ER (D) 53 (Dec)
Nicholas Bevan calls into question a recent Court of Appeal ruling on the liability of a motor insurer to compensate a third party victim of an unauthorised driver
Recent case law provides a good illustration of established rules in the longstanding law on unfair dismissal, says Ian Smith
Agarwala v Agarwala [2016] EWCA Civ 1252, [2016] All ER (D) 86 (Dec)
Lauzikas v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWHC 3215 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 90 (Dec)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Birketts—Nathan Evans
Commercial and technology team in Cambridgestrengthened by partner hire
Andrew & Andrew Solicitors—Shikha Datta
Hampshire firm appoints head of new family department
Latham & Watkins—Sarah Lightdale
Firm strengthens securities practice with partner return
From blockbuster judgments to procedural shake-ups, the courts are busy reshaping litigation practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School hails the Court of Appeal's 'exquisite judgment’ in Mazur restoring the role of supervised non-qualified staff, and highlights a ‘mammoth’ damages ruling likened to War and Peace, alongside guidance on medical reporting fees, where a pragmatic 25% uplift was imposed
