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 moreDigital 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 moreHannah 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 PDFNikolas Ireland considers the importance of execution formalities on assignment in the context of a recent case.
First published in Solicitors Journal, April 2015.
Download PDFWith 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 moreIn 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.
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Read moreIn 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 moreFirst delivered at NYSBA/STEP 10th Annual International Estate Planning Institute, March 2014. Updated to April 2015.
Download PDFThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced that the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 will, subject to parlimentary approval, be replaced on 6 April 2015 by the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.
View the article to read about key amendments.
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