17 Jan, 2024 UK Supreme Court confirms knowing receipt test By Nikolas Ireland Edward Reed Madeleine Brown Trustees live in the knowledge that they will be held to account for breaches of trust, unless (possibly) such breaches qualify as...
10 Feb, 2023 Posthumous conception: court refuses gamete collection on human rights grounds By Elizabeth Doherty Jacob Ward Last August, we reported on a landmark decision in which the Court of Protection (Court) approved the use of frozen embryos after the...
18 Aug, 2022 Court approves posthumous use of embryos By Elizabeth Doherty Imogen Courtney Jacob Ward In a landmark decision, the English High Court has granted a widower’s request to use the last embryo created with his late wife to try...
31 May, 2022 To probate and beyond: the digitalisation of private client law By Elizabeth Doherty Jacob Ward Riley Forson The 2020/1 Covid-19 lockdowns caused a revolution in the use of technology even in the most traditional areas. Two recent developments...
29 Apr, 2022 Disclose and explain – or else give up the put up or shut up By Elizabeth Doherty Edward Parry-Smith Riley Forson In a judgment recently handed down in the High Court case of Parsons & Anor v Reid & Anor [2022] EWHC 755 (Ch), Master Clark considered...
07 May, 2021 Banks v Goodfellow stands the test of time By Robin Vos In the recent appeal case of Clitheroe v Bond, Falk J upheld the test set out in Banks v Goodfellow as the correct test to apply when...