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"
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC
A good book, a glass of chilled Albarino, and being creative for pleasure help Liz McGrath balance the rigours of complex bundles and being Head of Chambers
Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones
Firm welcomes director in its financial services financial regulatory team
Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn
Partner appointment in firm’s equity capital markets team
Walkers and runners will take in some of London’s finest views at the 16th annual charity event
Law school partners with charity to give free assistance to litigants in need
Could the Labour government usher in a new era for digital assets, ask Keith Oliver, head of international, and Amalia Neenan FitzGerald, associate, Peters & Peters, in this week’s NLJ
An extra bit is being added to case citations to show the pecking order of the judges concerned. Former district judge Stephen Gold has the details, in his ‘Civil way’ column in this week’s NLJ
The Labour government’s position on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is not yet clear
