‘Rose-Marie Drury, Principle Associate at Mills & Reeve LLP considers the most important news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during May 2022.’
Family Law Week, 13th June 2022
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A High Court judge said yesterday that he has never come across a case where some of the work could not be delegated to a more junior fee-earner.’
Legal Futures, 16th June 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Few junior lawyers see criminal defence as a viable long-term career, according to the unsurprising results of a Law Society survey.’
Law Society's Gazette, 1st June 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council has agreed to reimburse “a significant amount of money” to a woman after it did not offer her mother an affordable care home placement, before asking her to pay a top-up towards her mother’s fees.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th May 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The case brought by Bott & Co Solicitors (“Bott”) against Ryanair DAC (“Ryanair”) concerns the extent of the solicitor’s equitable lien, a remedy that has been recognised by the courts for over two hundred years.’
UKSC Blog, 1st April 2022
Source: ukscblog.com
‘Litigators should now put defendants on notice at the start of any matter that they will enforce an equitable lien if necessary, the senior partner of Bott & Co has advised.’
Legal Futures, 18th March 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Around three million now-dead people can continue to be part of a mammoth group action against Mastercard after the Competition Appeal Tribunal today ruled that anyone living in the UK when the claim form was filed should be part of the class.’
Law Society's Gazette, 9th March 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A new judgment on the grade of fee earner appropriate for historical abuse cases has prompted fierce debate between lawyers about wider costs levels for this type of claim.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th March 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Last year I wrote about the judgment in Davies & Davies Associates Ltd v Steve Ward Services (UK) Ltd, where Roger ter Haar QC (sitting as a deputy High Court judge) granted summary judgment on a claim for payment of an adjudicator’s fees and expenses arising from an adjudication in which the adjudicator resigned prior to issuing a decision. The matter has now come before the Court of Appeal in Steve Ward Services (UK) Ltd v Davies & Davies Associates Ltd, with Coulson LJ giving the leading judgment. The court upheld the first instance decision and also allowed the adjudicator’s cross-appeal, finding that the judge was wrong to suggest the adjudicator’s decision to resign was erroneous or that he went outside the ambit of paragraph 13 of the Scheme for Construction Contracts 1998.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog, 2nd March 2022
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