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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
29 August 2017
Testing times: how to determine if a Respondent has assets
In July 2017 the Court of Appeal considered what test should be applied to determine whether a Respondent has sufficient assets which would be caught by a freezing injunction to justify the granting of such an injunction.
24 July 2017
Protecting vulnerable will makers – will the Law Commission review go far enough?
Earlier this month the Law Commission published its Consultation Paper on ‘Making A Will’. The consultation seeks feedback from the public and professionals on a number of provisional proposals for reforming the law of wills. This follows a public consultation in 2013 and responds to concerns that the law “is not as clear or protective as it could be”. The aim of this project is to produce “recommendations for a more modern, improved law of wills”, with the key objectives being to (i) support the exercise of testamentary freedom, (ii) protect testators, and (iii) increase clarity and certainty in the law.
6 July 2017
PAG appeal landmark mis-selling case and RBS ordered to disclose its policy on the hidden cost of Swaps
Shortly before Christmas, the High Court handed down a comprehensive 187 page judgment in Property Alliance Group Ltd v The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC. The court found in favour of RBS on all three claims brought by Property Alliance Group Ltd (PAG).
27 June 2017
Google fined 2.42 billion by the European Commission
The European Commission has fined Google €2.42 billion for breaking EU antitrust rules. Under these rules, dominant companies have a responsibility not to abuse their powerful market positions by restricting competition. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said that Google “abused its market dominance as a search engine by promoting its own comparison shopping service and demoting those of competitors”.
12 June 2017
Annual statistics for Trusts, Wills and Probate released
The annual statistics for The Royal Courts of Justice, January to December 2016 were recently released.
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