Case Law Developments

Nearly two thirds of professionals responding to a new survey felt that more needs to be done to ensure that remote hearings – now commonplace in the family court because of COVID-19 – were fair and worked smoothly

The #FreeBritney campaign has reached a critical point over recent months following a series of court hearings during which US singer Britney Spears gave an impassioned testimony and petitioned the US court to have her father removed as her conservator

Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (“Part III”) allows former spouses to apply in England and Wales for financial relief after an overseas divorce, with the leave of the court

The Supreme Court, in the case of R (on the application of Haworth) v HMRC, has made it clear that HMRC must rethink their approach to follower notices before they press the red button

London’s High Court today granted law firm ONTIER UK's client and Bitcoin creator, Dr Craig Wright, default judgment in his copyright infringement action against ‘Cøbra’, the pseudonymous operator and publisher of the bitcoin.org website

The Upper Tribunal has handed down its decision in HMRC’s appeal in the leading High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) case (HMRC -v- Wilkes [2021] UKUT 0150 (TCC))

The European Commission has decided to refer Luxembourg to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to transpose EU rules on the freezing and confiscation of proceeds of crime into its domestic law

Rawlinson & Hunter's Stephen Yates examines the latest tax issues... 

Jersey’s Attorney General has worked with the United States Department of Justice to repatriate just under $1 million to the US