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Date: Thursday 8th June 2023Time: 2:00pmSpeaker: Edward Lamb
In this webinar, Edward Lamb will be covering the following topics:
Protected parties and the CPR: reaching parts the White Book cannot
The new CPR Part 21 a missed opportunity?
White Book guidance on…
The appeal concerns fundamental questions concerning the international protection of children and on what basis jurisdiction is established in England and Wales. The key issues to be determined are:
at what point is habitual residence determined under the 1996 Hague Convention;
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On 5 April 2023 the Department of Health and Social Care announced the implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS), the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019, will be delayed “beyond the life of this Parliament” (therefore likely beyond Autumn 2024).
The Government…
Deka Chambers will be inviting applications from candidates for pupillage in line with the Bar Council timetable. Applications will be accepted from 4 January to 8 February 2023.
We are advertising for up to three vacancies: one to commence in October 2023;…
Introduction
All personal injury practitioners know that in a QOCS case a costs order in a defendant’s favour can be enforced against orders for damages and interest in a claimant’s favour (“costs/damages enforcement”). Whether a costs order in a defendant’s favour can…
In this week’s webinar, Esther Pounder, Andrew Spencer, Ed Lamb, John Schmitt and Amelia Katz took attendees on a whistlestop tour of key cases of 2022.
They looked at the most interesting and significant cases of the year in the areas of…
In the second of our annual case law updates, Esther Pounder, Andrew Spencer, Ed Lamb, John Schmitt and Amelia Katz take you on a whistlestop tour of key cases of 2022.
They look at the most interesting and significant cases of the…
Edward Lamb, Head of EMG Solicitors’
The judgment in PB v RB and London Borough of Haringey [2016] EWCOP 12 (26th February 2016) contains an elegant analysis of the best interests test under s.4 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA 2005).
The case concerned an elderly…
The Court of Protection team at 9 Gough Chambers are launching a blog on topical COP issues. This is part of our exciting launch which includes a seminar featuring judges and expert speakers later in the year. To subscribe to our mailing…
