News & Events: February 2018
Mark Ruffell successfully represents solicitor before Disciplinary Tribunal
Mark Ruffell has successfully mitigated on behalf of a solicitor who admitted contacting her imprisoned client by mobile phone; sending him 102 text messages in less than three months. In mitigation before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Mr Ruffell said that at the time his client set up her own practice, she did not appreciate “the […]
Justin Gau successfully opposes exhumation of wrongly interred person
Justin Gau has successfully opposed the exhumation of Patricia Sutton, who had been wrongly interred at South Stone Cemetery in Southampton. In 1999 Mark Edwards, reserved the exclusive right of burial in a space at the cemetery next to the grave of his late sister and was given a deed recording the reservation accordingly. However […]
Inheritance Seminar – Cardiff
Pump Court Chambers Inheritance, Wills and Probate team are pleased to announce their annual round of seminars, providing a valuable and in-depth update seminar for all practitioners at intensive afternoon sessions. The Group will review notable recent decisions and provide practical analysis and advice designed to give an up to date overview of all key […]
Court of Protection Seminar – Winchester
Pump Court Chambers and Solicitors for the Elderly South Central are pleased to invite you to our annual Court of Protection seminar. The event which aims to provide a valuable and in-depth update on the law, practice and procedure in this area. Venue The Holiday Inn, Telegraph Way, Morn Hill, Winchester, SO21 1HZ (map) Schedule 13:00 […]
Family Law Breakfast Briefing – Winchester
Pump Court Chambers is delighted to host the first of our new quarterly family law breakfast briefings. Our speakers will be reviewing the recent judgment handed down at the Supreme Court In the matter of C (Children) UKSC 2017/013, as well discussing the topic of how local Judges are dealing with spousal maintenance. Venue The Hotel du […]
Wilsons Solicitors LLP & Ors v Roberts [2018] EWCA Civ 52
Did the EAT err in law in finding that a member of an LLP who acts “reasonably” in withdrawing his labour will not, as a matter of law, act wrongfully or in repudiatory breach of the LLP members’ agreement, and accordingly may be awarded losses flowing from a subsequent expulsion pursuant to the terms of […]
