‘The High Court has upheld the UK’s first unexplained wealth order (UWO), dismissing a legal challenge to the order obtained by the National Crime Agency (NCA) earlier this year.’
OUT-LAW.com, 16th October 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Behind the scenes there are many considerations for couples and their families. With the preparation of the happy joining of lives of two people with marriage, also comes financial considerations going forward.’
Family Law, 24th September 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘In AH v CD and others [2018] EWHC 1643 (Fam), [2018] All ER (D) 162 (Jun) an application by a father who sought his son’s return to Spain, after the child was taken out of the jurisdiction by his mother, raised issues under the 1980 Hague Convention, and also as to the discharge of a care order made by a court which had not been told of the child’s father’s whereabouts. Richard Jones, barrister at 1 Garden Court Chambers, explains the issues.’
Family Law, 28th August 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Plans to make it easier for divorcees to enforce financial orders of the courts in England and Wales do not go far enough to address the challenges those divorcees face in obtaining access to offshore assets of high net worth individuals.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th August 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The UK’s Pensions Regulator (TPR) has begun to use a number of enforcement powers for the first time in efforts to deal with issues such as pension scams, scheme valuations and automatic enrolment.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st August 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Law Commission has announced that the Government has agreed to help improve financial orders enforcement following its report published in 2016. The Government has committed to bringing forward non-legislative measures in order to reform and improve the enforcement system, as well as taking time to consider further reform in the future.’
Family Law, 17th August 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘A charity has called for tougher regulation of bailiffs, as it calculated that households have fallen behind on essential bills by £18.9bn.’
BBC News, 21st August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Is the Crown is bound by the prohibition of smoking in most enclosed public places and workplaces, contained in Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Health Act 2006?’
UKSC Blog, 15th August 2018
Source: ukscblog.com
‘The Court of Appeal has ordered a Russian national to provide full security for the legal costs of a former business partner.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th August 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Where a claimant in a QOCS case sues multiple defendants and recovers damages against one or more of them, any successful defendants with costs awards in their favour can enforce them against those damages, the Court of Appeal has decided in Cartwright v Venduct Engineering Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 1654 – but only if the damages are obtained pursuant to a court order rather than a settlement embodied in a Tomlin order.’
Hailsham Chambers, 18th July 2018
‘This was a noise induced hearing loss claim where the claimant had issued against 6 Defendants. On 12 December 2016, the claimant compromised its claim against D4 – D6. That compromise was in the form of a Tomlin order. It ordered that all further proceedings in respect of the claims against D4- D6 were stayed, except for the purposes of carrying out the agreed terms of settlement, which were set out in a separate schedule.’
Park Square Barristers, 24th July 2018
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has rejected the use of a “sliding scale” to reduce the amount of security for costs in cases where there is a risk that court orders will not be enforced.’
Litigation Futures, 3rd August 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘John Gould offers some advice on how to strike a balance between clarity & flexibility in recent changes to the solicitors’ rule book.’
New Law Journal, 27th July 2018
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘Anti-money laundering laws should be streamlined and strengthened to help law enforcement agencies to focus on serious crime, say the Law Commission.’
Law Commission, 20th July 2018
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘Government ministers and Britain’s equalities watchdog are failing to save more than a million older workers from discrimination, bias and outdated employment practices, according to a group of MPs. In a highly critical report for the government, the women and equalities committee said the talents of older workers were going to waste because too little was being done to enforce discrimination law.’
The Guardian, 17th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Michael Horton, barrister at Coram Chambers explains the jurisdiction of the family court in relation to enforcement proceedings and highlights considerations which impact on the drafting of recitals to consent orders.’
Family Law Week, 4th July 2018
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘The Environment Agency has for the first time accepted an enforcement undertaking (EU) for alleged permit breaches relating to odour at an installation.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th June 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Parents have a duty to maintain their children irrespective of the amount of time they spend with them or what country they live in. However international payment can be difficult to enforce. Parents cannot enforce an arrangement made informally between them, it must be made legally binding first.’
Family Law, 21st June 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Two companies that allowed an unauthorised vehicle repair business to be run without planning permission have been ordered to pay more than £120,000 under confiscation orders obtained by Wokingham Borough Council.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th May 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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