A consideration of Parliamentary intent & a deductive approach could have helped ensure Mrs Owens got her way, says David Burrows
Kim Beatson & Victoria Brown provide an update on leave to remove
BPE Solicitors and another v Hughes-Holland [2017] UKSC 21, [2017] All ER (D) 152 (Mar)
LBI EHF (in winding up) v Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG and another [2017] EWHC 522 (Comm), [2017] All ER (D) 163 (Mar)
Malcolm Dowden & Kizzie Fenner examine the evidential potential of the Internet of Things & the benefits of smart contracts
Geoffrey Bindman QC celebrates Anthony Trollope’s depiction of the legal profession
Is Hotak’s bite now worse than its bark? Sophie Bell & Satvir Sahota examine vulnerability decisions in homeless cases
Epoch Company Ltd v Character Options Ltd [2017] EWHC 556 (IPEC), [2017] All ER (D) 165 (Mar)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck
Partner and Manchester office lead appointed head of family
Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale
DWF insurance services director appointed to Civil Justice Council
R3—Jodie Wildridge
Kings Chambers barrister appointed chair of R3 Yorkshire
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
