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Keeping the peace at Christmas – top tips for shared parenting over the festive season
Lauren Evans
11 March 2024
Bribery, sovereign immunity and an intrepid process server at the Court of Appeal
At the end of 2023 the English Courts heard a three-month trial to deal with allegations brought by the government of Mozambique that it is the victim of a conspiracy involving the payment of over $136million in bribes to corrupt government officials and Credit Suisse employees. Mozambique’s causes of action include bribery, unlawful means conspiracy, dishonest assistance and knowing receipt.
6 March 2024
KN Spring Budget Briefing 2024
The theme for the 2024 Spring Budget we were told, repeatedly, was 'lower taxes mean higher growth’. Although there were a number of areas touched upon by Jeremy Hunt, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the KN Budget Briefing looks at some of the most important changes and how they might impact our clients.
6 March 2024
Innovation or infringement: Copyright considerations in the era of AI-generated music
With the rise of Artificial Intelligence (‘AI’), we have entered a new era of music creation. Music that would have taken hours can now be composed in minutes using AI. Amidst this technological evolution, some fundamental legal questions emerge: Is that work capable of being protected by copyright and who does any copyright belong to? Does it infringe existing copyright? How will this impact the music industry?
4 March 2024
Clarity over penal notices
Penal notices are sometimes seen as a tool by aggressive litigators to instil fear into the subjects of court orders to try and achieve compliance, but are they being used correctly? This question has arisen because the rules around when and how to add a penal notice to a court order has been somewhat muddied over the past few years.
22 February 2024
Probate claims – the rules still apply
Civil litigation must be conducted according to the procedures and time limits set out in the Civil Procedure Rules. These rules, which are regularly updated, make up a procedural code whose overriding aim is to enable the courts to deal with cases justly. The rules set out in detail how a case is to be conducted in the civil courts in England and Wales and all parties to litigation, whether they are represented by solicitors or not, are expected to comply with them.
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