The Law Society has issued a useful reminder relating to identifying money laundering risk in the property market. Practitioners are reminded that ‘conveyancing is one of the highest risk legal services identified in the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) sectoral risk assessment.’ The case studies look at some of the money laundering warning signs solicitors and …
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M applied for child maintenance for the parties’ seven-year-old son. She also applied under s423 Insolvency Act 1968 for various transactions by F to be set aside. The parties are Czech nationals and met in 2015. The relationship ended in 2022 at which point F reduced his financial support from £2,500 to just £400 a …
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HMLR has updated PG19 (notices and restrictions). Section 2.6.2 has been updated to confirm that HMLR does not require additional documents to be uploaded with a UN1 application, and where documents uploaded are superfluous they will not be retained by HMLR. This is important because a UN1 application protects the confidentiality of the interest. Part …
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The EAT has heard an appeal in which it is considered whether it was just and equitable to extend time. The case summary is as follows: ‘Practice and procedure At a preliminary hearing listed to deal with time limits, an employment judge held that the claimant’s claim of unfair dismissal was out of time because, …
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Under the Thwaite jurisdiction, the court can set aside (but not vary) an order if: it remains executory (has yet to be implemented); there has been a material change of circumstances; and it would be inequitable not to vary the order. Unlike Barder events, the change in circumstances does not need to be ‘wholly unforeseen’. …
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HMLR has updated section 8 of PG67 (evidence of identity) to reflect the addition of section C within form ID1 and ID2. Section C allows for a person’s ID to be verified digitally in line with the HM Land Registry digital identity standard. Section 8.6 has been amended to clarify that any evidence of the …
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The HC has heard a case that all those advising on commercial landlord and tenant matters should read. This was a landlord and tenant dispute relating to premises which form part of the Trocadero Centre (the Centre) in London. Very broadly, pursuant to the leases, the landlord was obliged to obtain insurance for the whole …
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Hopefully practitioners were shocked at the recent HC case where lawyers presented fake case citations to a court which had been generated by the use of AI. The words of the judge should ring in everyone’s ears: ‘2. The referrals arise out of the actual or suspected use by lawyers of generative artificial intelligence tools …
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Sixteen years after pleading guilty to theft and firearm offences, D appealed his conviction on the basis of fresh evidence. He sought permission to call two witnesses with that fresh evidence. The evidence concerned alleged police corruption during the trial and of entrapment which had been withheld by the prosecution. D said the fresh evidence …
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The EAT has heard an interesting case involving the definition of ‘disability’. The case summary is as follows: ‘Disability discrimination (12) The claimant has diagnoses of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). He brought claims of disability discrimination against the respondent. At a preliminary hearing, the Employment Judge determined that he …