Section 20: ‘The Bottom-Line Legal Requirements’ by Tom Harril
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…
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New Mandatory Ground for Possession due to Immigration Status and New Notice of Seeking Possession to be used from 1 December 2016 by Jane Talbot
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…
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Rejecting second succession based on length of occupation by Jane Talbot
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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Plain English: A Judge’s journey into the unknown by Jason Hadden MBE
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…
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A question of bias: from the children’s guardian? by Jason Hadden MBE
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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Elizabeth Isaacs QC and Adem Muzaffer secure declaration of incompatibility in landmark surrogacy case
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…
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City West v Massey [2016] EWCA Civ 704: Clarification of ‘Cogency’ by Maximilian Velarde
The Court of Appeal’s consideration of the two joint appeals in City West v Massey and Manchester & District Housing Association has offered some clarification…
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Surrogacy law to be reviewed by the Law Commission following recent decision in Re Z by Elizabeth Isaacs QC and Adem Muzaffer
Surrogate Motherhood:Written question – HL218 Department of Health Surrogate Motherhood – HL218 Q: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord…
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The Dawn of the Digital Age by Timothy Bowe
1. In May 2015 the Lord Chief Justice and Master of the Rolls commissioned an interim report from Lord Briggs looking at reforms that could…
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Navigating a minefield: adoption applications and conditional adoption orders by Matthew Maynard
Re W [2015] EWCA Civ 403 [FLR awaited] is required reading for public law practitioners, who may require some assistance in navigating the often tricky…
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