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Keeping the peace at Christmas – top tips for shared parenting over the festive season
Lauren Evans
15 March 2016
Don’t you want me baby? – Setting the romantic record straight...top 7 legal “Don’ts” from a media lawyer for the broken hearted
“Beware! I bear more grudges than lonely High Court Judges”, warned Morrisey in his dark 1994 hit, “The More You Ignore Me the Closer I Get”. It has long been the case that some of the best known songs have more than a hint of the obsessive and a wink of the inner stalker about them. Over time, inhabiting such a role has become far easier. Online snooping, use of alternative online identities and personal information, that in the recent past may only have been available to the most committed of private detectives, are avenues readily available to anyone even vaguely computer literate. And with accessibility comes temptation. The sentiments felt by those who unexpectedly find themselves in opposition to the very person who was once their best friend, business partner, colleague or even loved one have not altered. But the environment in which we live in has, and thus, the law has developed to protect those who find themselves the victim of unwanted attention. If a relationship breaks down and conflicts arise, particularly if you once trusted and confided in that very same person, it can be tempting to respond in a way that in the short term feels justified but in the long term can be absolutely the wrong move and land you with unwanted legal bills and even in Court. Here are our top 7 Don’t for the broken hearted, be that in business or in pleasure.
10 March 2016
Legal update: Worldwide Freezing Orders - a useful tool
The English courts can grant a worldwide freezing order (WFO) to enable victims of fraud to freeze assets located in a multitude of jurisdictions. In Arcadia Petroleum Ltd v Bosworth & Others [2015] EWHC 3700 (Comm) the Court gave permission to enforce such an order in Switzerland and Lebanon, applying the Dadourian guidelines as set out by the Court of Appeal in Dadourian Group International Inc v Simms& Others [2006] EXCA Civ 399.
26 February 2016
Professional negligence claims - requirement for clear advice and terms of engagement
When a client choses to retain the services of a solicitor (or other professional person) they are relying on their specialist expertise to help them get the best possible outcome. A professional has a duty to exercise “reasonable care and skill” when dealing with their clients. A failure to meet this standard, giving rise to a mistake that a reasonable professional person working in the same field would not have made, could give rise to a negligence claim if the client has suffered a financial loss as a consequence of the mistake.
22 February 2016
Is it “reasonable” to apply for further financial provision under the 1975 Act?
On 12 February 2016, the Central London County Court dismissed a claim brought under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (“the 1975 Act”) for further financial provision to be awarded to a widow out of a deceased’s estate. The claim was brought by Thandi Wooldridge, whose husband died in 2010.
17 February 2016
Legal update: Court of Appeal considers 'without prejudice' in claim involving litigant-in-person
Suh and another v Mace (UK) [2016] EWCA Civ 4
The Court of Appeal has heard a case which examines the applicability of “without prejudice” privilege in relation to two meetings which took place between a claimant litigant-in-person and the defendant’s solicitor.
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