New Bill to tackle living together injustice
Friday, 18th July 2008
It has been announced by Living Together that Lord Lester is to introduce a Bill later this year to “end the injustice and financial hardship faced by thousands of cohabiting couples, carers and siblings who live together”.
Burden v The United Kingdom - Grand Chamber decision
Tuesday, 29th April 2008
The decision of the Grand Chamber in the case of Burden v The United Kingdom has been published. The sisters lost again. The initial objections of the UK Government as to the sisters’ victim status and exhaustion of domestic remedies were dismissed but the main claim by the sisters, that there was a violation of Article 14 of the Convention taken in conjunction with Article 1 of Protocol No. 1, was also dismissed, by a majority of 15 to 2.
Baker v Baker
Friday, 14th March 2008
[2008] All ER (D) 179 (Mar); 13 March 2008; Chancery Division; Paul Girolami QC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court
In this case it was held that the deceased did not have testamentary capacity to execute a valid will and so his estate passed on an intestacy. A counterclaiming applicant under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975,
Private Client Practitioner
Monday, 26th November 2007
I received my November issue of Private Client Practitioner today. Read more
Negus v Bahouse
Monday, 29th October 2007
Chancery Division; Judge Roger Kaye QC; 23rd October 2007
The Claimant (C) entered into a relationship with the deceased (D). D assured her that if anything happened she would “have a roof over her head” and C gave up her job, left her home and moved in with him. Read more
Adekunle and Ritchie (Administrators of the Estate of AV Ritchie, deceased) v Ritchie
Monday, 3rd September 2007
Leeds County Court; John Behrens QC; 17/8/2007
This judgment in this decision expanded on the principle stated by the House of Lords in Stack v Dowden. Read more
