Can it really be that time of year again? No sooner has the fully-dressed, flame-retardant plastic
Christmas tree been dispatched to the cupboard under the stairs than it is time to fetch it out again.
We have enjoyed another eventful year on the travel law front: Keefe (nearly) reached the Court of
Justice; X v Kuoni provided (and will continue to provide) some, ahem, leftfield turbulence and looming
over all of us is Brexit: the BIG vote is presently scheduled for 11 December 2018 (it’s truly the
Christmas gift that keeps on giving isn’t it?)
On 10 April 2025, the Court of Appeal handed down Judgment in Re M (A Child) [2025] EWCA Civ 440, providing long awaited guidance for deciding whether and when to grant intermediary assistance to vulnerable parties in family proceedings. An intermediary is someone whose function…
This week the government announced a further consultation on proposed amendments to the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018; Anirudh Mandagere considers the proposals in detail and provides a link for the use of those who wish to respond to them. Alternatively, you…
The High Court handed down its judgment in Butler v Ward [2025] EWHC 877 (KB) yesterday, striking out £2.5million of the Claimant’s Schedule of Loss. Francesca O’Neill represented the Defendant surgeon (instructed by DWF LLP). The Judgment also raises interesting questions about when summary judgment applications…
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