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    Serious Irregularity for Failure to Consider a Limitation Defence: Lessons from Djanogly v Djanogly

    Ernest Leung has written an article for Kluwer Arbitration Blog entitled, ‘Serious Irregularity for Failure to Consider a Limitation Defence: Lessons from Djanogly v Djanogly’. Read the full article

    By Ernest Leung
    Monday 14 April 2025

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    Trustees and claims under section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986: lessons from Invest Bank

    Tiffany Scott KC has co-authored an article for Trusts & Trustees with Emma Hargreaves (Serle Court) entitled, “Trustees and claims under section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986: lessons from Invest Bank”. Abstract In Invest Bank PSC v El-Husseini and others [2024]... Read more

    By Tiffany Scott KC
    Wednesday 2 April 2025

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    Keeping it in the family: how are informal loans treated by the Courts?

    Article by Joseph Steadman, 31st March 2025 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. All too often, arrangements between family members arise informally and without the benefit of legal advice. It is often assumed that everyone involved understands... Read more

    By Joseph Steadman
    Monday 31 March 2025

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    ‘Rep Sol’ instead of ‘Rep Ben’? When to appoint a solicitor as a representative party

    Article by Jamie Holmes, 30th January 2025 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. 1. The decision of Saira Salimi (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) in Natwest & Ors v. Ludlow & Ors [2024] WTLR 239... Read more

    By Jamie Holmes
    Thursday 30 January 2025

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    High Court finds a ‘building safety risk’ which could lead to the making of a ‘building liability order’ under the Building Safety Act 2022 and permits RTM company to claim damages on behalf of leaseholders

    Tiffany Scott KC has written a case analysis for LexisNexis on 381 Southwark Park Road RTM & Various Leaseholders v Click St Andrews. This is the first High Court case to hold that defective works by a developer gave rise... Read more

    By Tiffany Scott KC
    Wednesday 29 January 2025

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    Can the Pensions Ombudsman rectify documents?

    Michael Ashdown has written an article in which he considers the recent Supreme Court case of National Union of Rail &c v Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive and looks at the implications for an understanding of the powers of... Read more

    By Michael Ashdown
    Friday 10 January 2025

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    Pensions pots – an asset beyond the reach of creditors?

    Thomas Robinson has written an article in which he looks at an important new Court of Appeal case which has struck down the practice of requiring OPS members to draw down their lump sums to make them available to judgment... Read more

    By Thomas Robinson KC
    Friday 13 December 2024

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    Marcus v Marcus: can a non-biological child be ‘a child of the settlor’?

    Article by Elizabeth Houghton, 4th December 2024 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. In the recent judgment of Marcus v Marcus [2024] EWHC 2086, Master Marsh found that the words “the children and remoter issue of... Read more

    By Elizabeth Houghton
    Wednesday 4 December 2024

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    Back Britain – but at what cost?

    Ram Lakshman has written an article in which he considers whether the Chancellor’s proposals to encourage (or mandate) British pension schemes to invest in British businesses are consistent with the traditional fiduciary duties of pension trustees. The article was first... Read more

    By Ram Lakshman
    Thursday 24 October 2024

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    Testamentary capacity: warning signs and professional best practice

    Article by Simon Atkinson, 30th September 2024 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. The recent decision of Joanna Smith J in Leonard v Leonard [2024] EWHC 321 (Ch) is instructive for private client practitioners, non-contentious and... Read more

    By Simon Atkinson
    Monday 30 September 2024

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    Guidance on representatives appointed under CPR 19.12: Answers… and more questions

    Article by Benedict Evans, 29th August 2024 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. 1. The role of a representative appointed to represent an estate for the purpose of litigation only was first created by section... Read more

    Tuesday 3 September 2024

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    When property held “in trust” is not a trust: the decision in Nazir v Begum [2024] EWHC 378

    At first blush the decision of Freedman J in Nazir v Begum [2024] EWHC 378 (KB) appears counterintuitive. Section 33(1) of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 (“AEA”) states that: “On the death of a person intestate as to any... Read more

    By Theo Dixon
    Tuesday 30 July 2024

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