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Andrew Warnock QC and Maurice Rifat of 1 Chancery Lane are acting for the Respondent in Stoffel v Grondona to be heard in the Supreme Court today, a case concerning the operation of the defence of illegality. ย The issue is whether lying on a mortgage application can defeat a claim for damages against your negligent conveyancing solicitor.
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Outside the Box: Unregulated Donor Conception and LGBTQ+ Parenthood
Meeting your partner online used to be cause for embarrassment and spy-worthy cover stories about โhow we metโ. Nowadays, it is entirely unremarkable. Similarly, there used to be shame and secrecy attached to use of assisted reproduction methods such as In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF). Again,…
Hair Strand and Nail Testing in Care Proceedings: Where are we, two years on from Re: D?
This article is written by Max Melsa as part of the August 2026 edition of the Family Law Dekagram (newsletter). I had the privilege of being involved in Re D (Children: Interim Care Order: Hair Strand Testing) [2024] EWCA Civ 498 in which the Court…
Stuart McKechnie KC wrote the second in a series of articles about important issues in Spinal Cord Injury claims for PI Focus magazine
In July 2026โs edition of ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐งe, ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ง๐ข๐ ๐๐ wrote the second in a series of articles about important issues in Spinal Cord Injury claims along with his friend Daniel Taylor, who is a practicing Barrister living with a high-level SCI. In this…
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