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28 November 2019
Issue: 7866 / Categories: In court , Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Weekly law digests

Conflict of laws

C v C (Jersey) [2019] UKPC 40, [2019] All ER (D) 49 (Nov)

The Court of Appeal of Jersey had not erred in upholding a finding that the appellant make periodical payments in respect of a child despite an agreement by the mother that he was not the child’s father. The Privy Council, in dismissing the appeal, held that the Court of Appeal had been right to recognise the Latvian court’s declaration that the appellant was the father of the respondent mother’s child that had established the appellant’s paternity.

Costs

Burnden Holdings (UK) Ltd (in liquidation) and another v Fielding and another [2019] EWHC 2995 (Ch), [2019] All ER (D) 91 (Nov)

In all the circumstances of the case, the just course was to apply a cap on the liability of the second respondent firm of the second claimant liquidator to pay any part of the defendants’ costs equal to the amount of funding it had contributed, namely in the amount of £478,265. The Chancery Division further held that the fair outcome was no order as to

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

NEWS

NOTICE UNDER THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925

HERBERT SMITH STAFF PENSION SCHEME (THE “SCHEME”)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND BENEFICIARIES UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925
Law firm HFW is offering clients lawyers on call for dawn raids, sanctions issues and other regulatory emergencies
From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act
Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection
Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961
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