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R (on the application of F) v The Director of Public Prosecutions and “A” 2013 EWHC 945 (Admin)

  • Kingsley Napley
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 9 2013

In a decision published on 24 April 2013 the High Court took the "highly exceptional" step of ordering the CPS to review its decision not to

Allowing disproportionate force in self-defence - a triumph of rhetoric over reason

  • Kingsley Napley
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 9 2013

"It is rare for householders to be confronted by intruders in their homes and even rarer for them to be arrested, prosecuted and convicted as a

The National Crime Agency: a new super prosecutor?

  • Kingsley Napley
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 8 2013

On 25 April 2012, the Crime and Court Bill 2012-13 received Royal Assent. Changes of note include the creation of the National Crime Agency (NCA) and

Family justice reforms: the demise of legal aid, the rise of the litigant in person and what lies ahead for family law

  • Kingsley Napley
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 29 2013

The government overhaul of Legal Aid (public funding) came into force on 1 April 2013 and is due to affect the entire justice system. Criminal

Peter Teong Tatt Chuah v Nursing and Midwifery Council 2013 EWHC 894 (Admin)

  • Kingsley Napley
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 26 2013

In November 2008 N was convicted of driving with excess alcohol and in April 2009 the West Midlands Police informed the NMC of the same. The NMC were

Reforming judicial review yet more proposals

  • Kingsley Napley
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 17 2013

In our blog of 24 January, we outlined details of the Government's consultation on possible changes to the judicial review process and the reasons

Inheritance claims by spouses rise with number of remarriages

  • Kingsley Napley
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 16 2013

Claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 ("the Act") are on the rise. According to a Law Commission Report

Ighalo v Solicitors Regulation Authority 2013 EWHC 661

  • Kingsley Napley
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 4 2013

In May 2008, the respondent Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) had begun an investigation into S’s practice and in February 2010 a decision was

“Intolerable cruelty” and the uncertainty of pre-nuptial agreements in England and Wales

  • Kingsley Napley
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 27 2013

Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore's divorce settlement is edging closer and now we know there is no pre-nuptial agreement (unlike the Coen brothers film

Dignified divorce - reforming the blame game

  • Kingsley Napley
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 14 2013

It is rare for there to be contested divorces. It involves the distressing situation in which one party argues that the marriage can be saved in