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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7594

14 February 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Is grief enough to invalidate a will, asks Kate Harris

What is the liability of a director who pays debts while his company is insolvent? Helen Mulcahy & Davina Bentley report

Brice Dickson provides an overview of events in the Supreme Court in 2013

Adamson and others v Paddico (267) Ltd (Geo H Haigh & Co Ltd intervening); Taylor (on behalf of the Society for the Protection of Markham and Little Francis) v Betterment Properties (Weymouth) Ltd [2014] UKSC 7, [2014] All ER (D) 21 (Feb)

Dass v Beggs [2014] EWHC 164 (Ch), [2014] All ER (D) 26 (Feb)

United States of America v Nolan [2014] EWCA Civ 71, [2014] All ER (D) 36 (Feb)

R (on the application of Crawford) v The Legal Ombudsman [2014] EWHC 182 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 43 (Feb)

Golstein v Bishop [2014] EWCA Civ 10, [2014] All ER (D) 53 (Feb)

Blankley v Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust [2014] EWHC 168 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 47 (Feb)

"The book mines this rich vein extremely effectively, wherever relevant assessing what has changed both over the past 40 years since Paterson’s earlier book"

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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
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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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