Pre-Nuptial agreements: developments since Radmacher – Family Law Week
“David Marusza of Harcourt Chambers summarises and analyses the latest cases involving prenuptial agreements.”
Family Law Week, 25th March 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
Category: married persons
Independent Trustee Services Ltd v Morris – WLR Daily
Independent Trustee Services Ltd v Morris: [2012] EWCA Civ 195; [2012] WLR (D) 55
“The defence of bona fide purchaser for value without notice, at the time of receipt of moneys, to a tracing claim by a trustee for the recovery of misappropriated trust moneys was not available to the recipient thereof where a consent order made in ancillary relief proceedings pursuant to which the moneys had been paid had been rescinded, on the recipient’s application to renew the ancillary relief application because of non-disclosure of assets, by the time the defence was raised.”
WLR Daily, 28th February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Mirror wills invalidated by signature mix-up, appeal judges rule – Law Society’s Gazette
“A simple mix-up when a husband and wife signed mirror wills 13 years ago means they have no value in law, the Court of Appeal ruled today. The ruling disinherits the couple’s intended heir and has left lawyers calling for a more flexible approach to probate law.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 2nd February 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Pagan wins ‘family life’ human rights case – Daily Telegraph
“An American woman who worships Norse gods has won the right to stay in Britain because of her ‘family life’ with her boyfriend and his wife.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lax UK border controls attacked in report – Daily Telegraph
“A woman was allowed into the UK to live with a partner she claimed she had met on the internet despite being unable to prove that she had ever even spoken to him, a report into the UK Border Agency (UKBA) reveals.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Overseas spouses must speak English before arriving in UK, court rules – The Guardian
“The high court has upheld a government rule requiring spouses to prove they can speak English before they can join their partners in Britain. Mr Justice Beatson dismissed a judicial review challenge brought by three couples to the immigration rule introduced last November on the grounds that it was racist and would break up their families.”
The Guardian, 16th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Foreign wives face migration curb – The Independent
“Two thirds of foreign wives could be banned from coming to the UK under plans to stop them being a burden on the state, the Government’s immigration advisers said today.”
The Independent, 16th November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Life term for wife killer Malcolm Webster – The Independent
“A man who murdered his first wife in a staged car crash and tried to kill his second in a copycat smash was jailed for life today.”
The Independent, 5th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Edward Chopping spared jail for manslaughter of wife – BBC News
“An 84-year-old man from east London who killed his wife so she did not have to go to a care home has been spared jail.”
BBC News, 18th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
OAP spared jail over wife’s death – The Independent
“A frail 84-year-old who killed his ailing wife after becoming terrified that she would be taken into a care home wept as he was spared jail today.”
The Independent, 18th March 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Gill v Woodall and others – WLR Daily
Gill v Woodall and others [2010] EWCA Civ 1430; [2011] WLR (D) 328
“To determine whether a testatrix knew and approved the contents of her will the proper approach was to consider the factual and expert evidence and to ask whether the testatrix appreciated what was in the will when she signed it. It was not necessary to break down the issue into two separate questions of whether a prima facie case had been made out that the testatrix had not known or approved of the contents of her will and then whether the beneficiary had rebutted that case.”
WLR Daily, 15th December 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Policy ‘makes marriage miserable’ – BBC News
“The first year of a young couple’s marriage has been made miserable by a ‘rigid and inflexible’ immigration policy, the High Court has heard.”
BBC News, 9th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
MPs’ spouses ‘to fight job ban’ – BBC News
“Spouses who are employed by MPs are preparing to look into legal action if they are barred from their jobs.”
BBC News, 27th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Married woman faces deportation – BBC News
“A married Canadian woman is due to fly out of Heathrow later under imminent threat of deportation from the UK.”
BBC News, 9th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Suspended term for tea poison man – BBC News
“A man who poisoned his estranged wife’s tea with mercury has been given a 350-day suspended sentence.”
BBC News, 28th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Pensioner to be sentenced for poisoning wife’s tea – The Independent
“A pensioner who poured mercury into his estranged wife’s cup of tea to win her back by nursing her back to health will be sentenced later today.”
The Independent, 28th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Family mediation website goes live – Ministry of Justice
“Justice Minister Bridget Prentice launches a new advice website for families involved in disputes.”
Ministry of Justice, 26th August 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
R (Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions (Society for the Protection of Unborn Children intervening) – WLR Daily
“The Director of Public Prosecutions should be required to promulgate a policy identifying the facts and circumstances to be considered in exercising his discretion under s 2(4) of the Suicide Act 1961 whether to prosecute a person such as the claimant’s husband for aiding and abetting an assisted suicide abroad.”
WLR Daily, 31st July 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
AM (Somalia) v Entry Clearance Officer – WLR Daily
AM (Somalia) v Entry Clearance Officer [2009] EWCA Civ 634; [2009] WLR (D) 22
“The requirement under the Immigration Rules for a disabled British citizen living in the United Kingdom on disability living allowance who was sponsoring her foreign husband to settle in UK to prove that they would be able to maintain themselves without recourse to public funds did not amount to disporportionate discrimination against disabled sponsors under art 14 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 2nd July 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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AF (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
AF (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 240; [2009] WLR (D) 112
“In considering whether it was consistent with the right to respect for family life to require the wife and children of a man whose deportation had been ordered to accompany him in deportation the court should look at the issue from the point of view of the wife and children and not just of the potential deportee. It was not enough that there were no insuperable obstacles to their moving because the ultimate test was one of proportionality.”
WLR Daily, 26th March 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
