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Keeping the peace at Christmas – top tips for shared parenting over the festive season
Lauren Evans
3 February 2022
COVID-19 and its impact on charity fraud
It is now two years since the first case of COVID-19 was reported, and the virus still continues to have a devastating impact around the world. As history shows us all too well, such times of crisis and economic downturn provide fertile ground for fraudsters and criminal opportunists. The current pandemic is no exception. From bogus COVID-19 cures to phishing emails and phony websites, scammers are taking advantage of peoples' fears as the pandemic persists. Unfortunately, the past few months have also seen a stark increase in instances of fraud against charities.
20 January 2022
Novak needs a Cost Expert: Costs in Appeal Hearings Explored
Being an avid tennis fan, in the small hours of 16th January 2022, I checked my phone to see if Novak Djokovic was going to be able to compete for his 21st Grand Slam title (surpassing Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal as the most decorated male tennis player in Grand Slam history) or whether his appeal would in fact be rejected leading to his deportation.
11 January 2022
Is the pandemic the perfect storm for will challenges?
A will can be contested on the basis that it is invalid by relying on various grounds. It is fast becoming apparent that sadly the pandemic may have given rise to the perfect storm for will challenges on one or more of these grounds.
10 January 2022
Civil Fraud Quarterly Round-Up: Q4 2021
A Civil Fraud quarterly round-up (4th quarter 2021)
16 December 2021
What a relief (from sanctions)! Court grants application made 5 years out of time
In the recent case of Apollo Ventures Co Ltd v Manchanda [2021] EWHC 3210 (Comm) an extension of time of almost five years was granted in the Defendant’s application for a stay under Civil Procedure Rules (“CPR”) Part 11 – disputing the Court’s jurisdiction.
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