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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

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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