Priya Tromans: ‘Beware of issuing ‘hopeless’ Inheritance claims in expectation of settlement’

Ever since  the well-known case of Ilott v The Blue Cross and others [2017] where an adult child was awarded £50,000 from her mother’s estate (notwithstanding their estrangement), practitioners are reg... Continue Reading

Legal Update: R v Alec John Smith [2020] EWCA Crim 777

William Douglas-Jones provides a brief overview of the take home messages from this judgment regarding the Criminal Procedural Rules and evidence requirements. To view this article please click here. ... Continue Reading

Remote Hearings: An overview of the most recent case law

Practitioners will be only too familiar with the plethora of guidance we have received in recent weeks in connection to remote hearings. ‘The Remote Access Family Court’ guidance by Mr Justice MacDonal... Continue Reading

UPDATE: Z (A Child: committal proceeding) – a reminder that no one can be committed to prison without being named publicly

In this article Malvika Jaganmohan provides an update to the publication of the case of Z, following a new version having been made available naming the father. To view the full article please click here. ... Continue Reading

Enfranchisement under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967: An overview and case law update

In this article Holly Hilbourne-Gollop provides an overview on the law of enfranchisement as it applies to the rights under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967, in relation to a qualifying tenant of a house. To ... Continue Reading

How Should Reviewing Officers Approach the Question of Intentionality?

The position when dealing with intentional homelessness following the decision of LB v London Borough of Tower Hamlets [2020] EWCA Civ 439. This article focusses on the approach that reviewing officers sho... Continue Reading

Domestic Abuse: Revisiting PD12J in a Post Coronavirus World

Join Jason Hadden MBE and Alyssa Howard, together with guest speaker Professor Shazia Choudhry for a lively discussion of PD12J, against the backdrop of Covid-19. For details please see our events page. ... Continue Reading

Housing in Lockdown III

See our events page for details of Part three in this series of discussions via Zoom. ... Continue Reading

Malvika Jaganmohan co hosts podcast on health and wellbeing in the legal community during lockdown

To listen to the podcast please follow the twitter link by clicking here. ... Continue Reading

“For every promise, there is a price to pay” Re-visiting the Doctrine of Proprietary Estoppel in Guest v Guest [2020] EWCA Civ 387

“The basic ingredients for proprietary estoppel are well known, and many property practitioners would feel comfortable in spotting an estoppel when it has arisen.  However, there is a shadowy ques... Continue Reading