Resolution has published its 3rd edition of Cohabitation Law and Practice Handbook which includes 2 chapters written by Christopher Stirling. The handbook is a practical guide to cohabitation law for family lawyers advising unmarried couples on complex property and trust law principles and related matters.
Harrison Engler acted in a successful High Court appeal against 2 previous orders (which had themselves set aside the registration of 2 Pakistani judgments) on the basis that those orders were unjust because of serious procedural irregularity.
Pupil barristers James Fowler and Andrew Burrell have accepted offers of tenancy with us. They will join us as tenants in September after completing their pupillages.
Our mini-pupillage programme is currently open for applications. We hope by offering these opportunities to widen the pool of people who gain an insight into the working life of a barrister. The deadline for applications is 11.59pm on Monday 30 June.
Jonathan Pennington Legh defended the successful local authority landowner in an application for adverse possession in the First Tier Property Tribunal concerning a patch of land next to a caravan site used by travellers.
We welcome applications from barristers with expertise in our core practice areas: Business, Employment, Family, Housing, Property, Public law & Court of Protection. Almost 50% of our members have at least 1 ranking in either Chambers and Partners or Legal 500, or in both. We are ranked as a set for our housing, children law and for our Court of Protection and community care practices.
David Brounger represented a property developer who successfully brought a claim in the High Court against his former business associate for breaches of undertakings given to the court. The defendant was sentenced to 6 months' imprisonment, suspended for 2 years on stringent conditions relating to the disclosure of his assets.
John Critchley will speak at a webinar about assisted suicide, the forfeiture rule and relief on Thursday 12 September. He and his 2 co-presenters acted in the 1st and only reported decision involving assisted dying and relief against the forfeiture rule: Ninian v Findlay [2019].