Unregulated sperm donation, best interests & public policy
Mark Pawlowski asks the unromantic question of who keeps the ring, and when, if a couple split
The latest case involving a serial sperm donor serves to highlight the serious legal & ethical issues around unregulated donation, write Isabelle James & Lee Henderson
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Payne Hicks Beach—Flora Hussey
Private client department announces partner hire
Blake Morgan—Daniela Smith & Lee Fisher
Firm appoints first joint heads of Wales office
Ogier—Heidi Sandy & Farrah Sbaiti
Global dispute resolution team promotes two partners in Guernsey and Cayman Islands
An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ
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An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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Could a Privy Council decision loosen the bonds which have tied down the tort of private nuisance for so long? Richard Buckley reports
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Vanessa Friend & Robert Jackson examine Timokhin v Timokhina & the dangers of jurisdiction
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A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
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The rise of litigants in person: Clare Hughes-Williams sets out how to respond to this growing challenge
