‘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
‘Citizenship still matters; its absence denotes precarity. As Covid19 travel restrictions reminded us, at its international core lies the right to enter one’s country and reside therein. Domestically, in most jurisdictions, citizenship serves as an eligibility criterion for electoral participation; excluded non-citizens have limited capacity to advance their rights through the political process.’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 8th February 2022
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
‘This piece considers two recent decisions – one by the Court of Appeal (“CA”): D4 v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWCA Civ 33, and the other by the Supreme Court (“SC”): R (The Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] UKSC 3 (“PRCBC”). At a general level, the cases raised similar issues: both involved challenges to delegation legislation on grounds that they were ultra vires; both related to citizenship – D4 about its deprivation, PRCBC about its conferral. This piece seeks to draw some threads from the two cases about statutory interpretation and the common law in the context of citizenship.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 9th February 2022
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The Supreme Court has thrown out a legal challenge against the government’s £1,000 child citizenship fee, which campaigners argue many children cannot afford.’
The Independent, 2nd February 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The High Court has refused to make an order to prevent future claims on a law firm’s fees that claimants may argue came from stolen funds.’
Legal Futures, 8th November 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The lawyers are the only beneficiaries of a “nihilistic” divorce dispute that has cost £2.3m in legal fees, with the couple’s children the main losers, a High Court judge has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 29th October 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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