On 3 November 2016 Communities Secretary Sajid Javid announced that local authorities could bid for a share of a £20 million fund to support victims…
Read Full Article The Court of Appeal has held that the freeholder of a building was not liable under the Defective Premises Act 1972 s4 where a man…
Read Full Article In the June 2017 edition of Resolution magazine, Jane Talbot (Barrister) outlines the interplay between housing and domestic abuse. The articles examines how social landlords…
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Mr Jeremy Weston QC, Head of St Ives Chambers, has published an article in the Archives of Disease in Childhood (a BMJ Journal) which provides…
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Introduction A unanimous Court of Appeal has today handed down judgment in the case of London Borough of Hackney v Williams & Anor [2017] EWCA Civ 26 (26…
Read Full Article Landlords seeking to evict tenants after 1 December 2016 (relying on any grounds) must use the new Notice Seeking Possession which has been amended to…
Read Full Article A possession Order was made on 2 January 2014 in respect of a 3 bed/6-person property occupied by 2 brothers following the death of their…
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Legal commentators are rightly excited by the judgment of Mr. Justice Peter Jackson in Lancashire County Council v M [2016] EWFC 9 and others, due…
Read Full Article For a whole variety of reasons, it is not uncommon for parents in care cases to allege that the children’s guardian is biased against them….
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UK’s top family judge declares that UK law should give single parents through surrogacy the same rights as couples. Sir James Munby, the President of…
Read Full ArticleSt Ives Chambers is particularly well known for its family law expertise, which spans family finance, children and care matters………. Other key areas include crime and regulatory, commercial, Chancery and banking matters……Legal 500
