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21 February 2019
Issue: 7829 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Civil way: 22 February 2019

Nullity goes up; legal aid cuts no ice; homicide in Court of Appeal.

NIKAH NULLITY NEWS

The impacting judgment in Akhter v Khan and another [2018] EWFC 54 (see NLJ 19 October 2018, p14) is going to the Court of Appeal to be reassuringly listed by 7 February 2020. However, it is the intervening Attorney- General who is taking it there having been granted permission to appeal on paper and with Deepak Nagpal retained for the appeal. Paula Rhone-Adrien who represented the husband below tells me that he and the wife have come to terms and so there was no further appeal permission sought for him.

SYMPATHY FOR LEGAL AID CUTS: NOTHING ELSE!

Your tax was due on 31 January 2019, my self-employed friends. If you have failed to pay, read on. For the purpose of this therapy, I will call you the taxpayer although, in reality, you are the taxnonpayer.

Late payment penalties can be appealed to the first tier tribunal of the tax chamber with a further appeal to the chamber’s upper tribunal. Either can quash the

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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