Remedies for interference with a right to light
Scott -v- Aimiuwu (18/2/2015) is the first known Court Decision on a rights of light claim since the Judgment of the Supreme Court in Coventry -v- Lawrence (2014) - in which the basis upon which injunctive relief should be granted, and damages awarded, was reviewed and revised.
It is a Decision that will give some comfort to developers.
Read morePost death arrangements for digital assets
Digital assets play an increasingly important role in our daily lives – whether through social networking, reading eBooks, using cloud storage for emails, music and photographs or making transfers using our online bank accounts. Many of us cannot imagine a life before the internet.
Read moreWhen is a variation caught by procurement law?
Hannah Kramer reports on a case that has highlighted the risk of a new public procurement exercise having to be carried out in the event of a 'material' variation to an agreement.
This article was first published in the May 2015 issue of Property Law Journal and is also available at www.lawjournals.co.uk
Download PDFTo sign in not to assign
Nikolas Ireland considers the importance of execution formalities on assignment in the context of a recent case.
First published in Solicitors Journal, April 2015.
Download PDFThe inside track on family law
With Spring in the air, change is afoot in family law.
A new equality
In what could herald a new era for equality, judicial attitudes towards ongoing spousal maintenance are hardening. Until recently, the financially stronger party was often ordered to support his or her former spouse and often for life. This is slowly changing.
Read moreA Trustee's dilemma - involvement in divorce proceedings
In divorce proceedings, where one of the parties is a beneficiary of a trust, there has long been confusion about the extent to which trustees should be involved. Some recent cases have provided greater clarity, which are dealt with below.
Read moreSale of Charity land
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Read moreThe end of generous pay-outs to ex spouses? Judge tells ex wife of equine surgeon to get a job
In a decision in February 2015 that was widely reported by the media as being a 'game-changer' in terms of the English court's attitude to financial provision on divorce (particularly amongst the wealthy), an Appeal Court judge upheld a judgment that there should be a staged cut-off of ex-spousal maintenance that a millionaire equine surgeon had previously been paying his former wife.
Read moreOverview of partnership and marriage for same sex couples in England and Wales
First delivered at NYSBA/STEP 10th Annual International Estate Planning Institute, March 2014. Updated to April 2015.
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