Bloomsbury Family Law Briefing: January Teaser
By David Burrows
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Family Law
7th January 2021
Cases Bell & anor v Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust [2020] EWHC 3274 (Admin), Div Ct (1 December 2020) – When is a child/young person competent to give valid consent to gender change treatment?...
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Ransomware Attacks: To Pay, Or Not To Pay, That Is The Question
7th January 2021
With increased remote working as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are all more alive to the risk of cyber threats and attacks. One of the cyber threats that came to the forefront of people's...
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Briefing: December Teaser
23rd December 2020
The Court of Appeal has published its judgment in the Bentley Clothing case, upholding all the first instance findings in the dispute between Bentley Clothing and Bentley Motors over trade mark...
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Bloomsbury Family Law Briefing: December Teaser
By David Burrows
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Family Law
8th December 2020
Cases Moutreuil v Andreewitch (Contempt: Sentence) [2020] EWHC 3085 (Fam) (16 November 2020), Cobb J – Committal of Mr A for contempt of a freezing order. Six months imprisonment suspended and...
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Briefing: November Teaser
30th November 2020
Several decisions from the courts in the past month have provided guidance on procedural issues, such as disclosure and stays, in IP cases.
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Law Briefing: October Teaser
2nd November 2020
There are a number of unusual and interesting cases this month. Two cases at the Court of Appeal concerned misuse of confidential information and protection of trade secrets. In The Racing...
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Bloomsbury Family Law Briefing: October Teaser
By David Burrows
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Family Law
5th October 2020
Cases Re G (A Child: Child Abduction) [2020] EWCA Civ 1185 (15 September 2020) – F’s appeal allowed, on his application for return of a child (eight) to South Africa: interplay of Hague Convention...
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Conjugal rites and rights
1st October 2020
In this post I will be looking at some more of the curiosities of ancient matrimonial law, following my earlier post, Marriage in hope and expectation - but maybe not in law.
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Bloomsbury IP/IT Law Briefing: September Teaser
30th September 2020
Two patent applications naming an artificial intelligence machine called DABUS as their inventor have prompted considerable debate about the role of AI in patent law around the world. This month, the...
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Child’s permission to seek permission to apply for a section 8 order
By David Burrows
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Family Law
29th September 2020
Application to a High Court judge What judge does a child (Mary) apply to if she wants an order under Children Act 1989 (CA 1989), s 8: that is, say, where Mary wants to ask the court for which...
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