CASES
April 29, 2022
Children Public Law
Re S (2022)
Dominik Morton represented the respondent child through her guardian at a contested six-day final hearing where the local authority’s proposed care plan was one of adoption. The case involved issues of domestic violence, substance misuse, historical
CASES
April 22, 2022
Clinical Negligence
Richins v Birmingham Women’s Children NHS Foundation Trust [2022] EWHC 847
James Marwick was instructed for the claimant in this four day trial in the High Court against leading counsel. The case concerned the midwifery care provided by the defendant Trust and raised important- and widely reported-
CASES
April 12, 2022
Administration of Estates, Wills & Trusts
Whittle v Whittle & Anor (Re Estate of Gerald Arthur Whittle) [2022] EWHC 925 (Ch)
Charles Auld was instructed by Royds Withy King in the case of Whittle v Whittle & Anor (Re Estate of Gerald Arthur Whittle) [2022] EWHC 925 (Ch) (12 April 2022) where he successfully represented David Whittle in his
CASES
April 6, 2022
Children Private Law, Children Public Law, Family & Divorce
Griffiths v Tickle & Ors (Re Disclosure by Counsel for Appellant and Application by First Respondent) [2022] EWCA Civ 465
Further to Griffiths v Tickle [2021] EWCA Civ 1882, Lucy Reed applied for permission to report the contents of materials filed by leading counsel for the father, concerning a potential breach of confidentiality of proceedings when
CASES
April 1, 2022
Disputed Wills, Trusts, Wills & Trusts
Batt v. Boswell [2022] EWHC 649 (Ch)
A decision of HHJ Matthews (sitting as a High Court Judge) concerning allegations of breach of trust, the rule in Saunders v. Vautier [1841] 6 WLUK 43 and the obligation on trustees to segregate trust money.
CASES
March 24, 2022
Divorce & Financial Remedy, Family & Divorce
Hudson v Hathway [2022] EWHC 631(QB)
Zoë Saunders acted for the Appellant in the case of Hudson v Hathway [2022] EWHC 631 (QB). This was an appeal to the High Court from HHJ Ralton in a case concerning equitable ownership of a family home purchased
CASES
March 23, 2022
Commercial, Company
Duneau v Klimt Invest SA & Ors [2022] EWHC 596 (Ch)
In Duneau v Klimt Invest SA & Ors [2022] EWHC 596 (Ch), Charlie Newington -Bridges acted for the Respondent in the High Court trial of a just and equitable winding up petition relating to a French
CASES
March 18, 2022
Disputed Wills, Wills & Trusts
Hughes v. Pritchard [2022] Ch 339
A significant Court of Appeal authority on testamentary capacity which considers on (1) the weight to be given to the evidence of the solicitor who drafted the will and (2) whether the solicitor or medical practitioner
CASES
March 7, 2022
Catastrophic Injury, Clinical Negligence
Williams v Betsi Cadwaladr Local Health Board [2022] EWHC 455 (QB)
Andrew McLaughlin has successfully defended a High Court clinical negligence claim against Betsi Cadwaladr Local Health Board brought by the widow of a man who committed suicide in the case of Williams v Betsi Cadwaladr Local
CASES
February 21, 2022
Wills & Trusts
Bracey v Curley [2022] EWHC 359 (Ch)
Joss acted for the defendant in Bracey v Curley [2022] EWHC 359 (Ch) a claim for the construction and/or rectification of a will before Philip Mott QC – sitting as a deputy high court judge in
CASES
February 18, 2022
Children Public Law
Re H
Dominik Morton represented the respondent mother in a case in the High Court where her child had been deprived of her liberty under section 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983. She currently resides in a