Happy Vaisakhi to all celebrating, from everyone at Stewarts.

Six years on from the UK government introducing #UnexplainedWealthOrders as a new law enforcement tool to combat ‘dirty money’, partner Pia Mithani spoke to City A.M.’s Ben Lucas about their relative lack of use by the UK’s authorities.

Read more here: stewartslaw.com/news/why-are-u…

Knowledge lawyer Carla Ditz and knowledge paralegal Jess Orrells consider the voice of the child in proceedings and the key findings of the NFJO report entitled 'Uncovering private family law: how often do we hear the voice of the child?'

Read more here: stewartslaw.com/news/report-co…

A driver who left three pedestrians seriously injured on the side of the road in a hit-and-run has been sentenced to four years in prison and a 12-year driving ban at Reading Crown Court.

Clare Salmon is representing all three pedestrians in their claim.
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The latest edition of Expert Witness Journal includes multiple articles authored by our #ClinicalNegligence team, including Hugh Johnson and Dulcie Osborne, Amy Goldman and Katherine Fitter.

Read the full issue here: paperturn-view.com/?pid=ODc879888…

A recent family law case concerned an application by a husband for an order varying the payment date of a lump sum to his ex-wife of £1.1m.

In this article, paralegal Jake Avdiyovski examines the decision in H v GH [2023] EWFC 235.

Read more here: stewartslaw.com/news/husband-f…

As Ramadan comes to a close Stewarts would like to extend our warm wishes to all those celebrating Eid al-Fitr.

Eid Mubarak from all of us at Stewarts.

At the end of 2023, the Department for Business and Trade held a call for evidence to inform its proposed reforms of the Package Travel Regulations.

Christopher Deacon outlines the details of the changes and our response.

Read more here: stewartslaw.com/news/new-regul…

Mr S was working as a carpenter on a building site when he fell through a skylight hole and sustained serious #SpinalInjuries .

Senior associate Hayley Symington and senior paralegal Helena Khullar outline Mr S's #rehabilitation journey.

Read more here: stewartslaw.com/news/seven-fig…

Anastasia Nourescu and Guy Bud of our Tax team will host a webinar for Lexology. Taking place on 30 April, this webinar will provide an overview of the options that taxpayers have when wishing to challenge an HMRC decision .

Register here: lbresearch.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

#TaxLaw #HMRC

The recent case of Re T (A Child) (No.2) (Transparency: Publication of the Party’s Names) [2024] EWHC 161 (Fam) raised the contentious topic of the balance between transparency in family proceedings.

Read more here: stewartslaw.com/news/accessibi…

#FamilyLaw #ChildLaw

At a hearing held from 7 to 13 February 2024, the claimants in ongoing market-wide Russian aviation #InsuranceDisputes proved successful in arguing their claims should be heard in the courts of England and Wales, rather than in Russia.

Read more here: stewartslaw.com/news/success-f…

Expert opinions are integral to every stage of the #InjuryClaim process. Building upon the two previous articles addressing general principles and the liability report, Hugh Johnson addresses the preparation of the quantum expert report.

Read more here: stewartslaw.com/news/expert-re…

Head of Insolvency and Asset Recovery Alex Jay spoke to Law360 as 'worst fears' about the extent of Covid-19 relief loan fraud have been dispelled.

Read the full article here (subscription required): law360.com/articles/18180…

#Covid19 #Fraud #Insolvency

AB, a father of two young boys, sustained a life-changing spinal cord injury at the age of 32 when he was involved in a road traffic collision while riding his motorcycle.

Read more here: stewartslaw.com/news/settlemen…

#PersonalInjury #SpinalCordInjury #SpinalInjury

Richard Hogwood, partner in the Divorce and Family team, spoke to City A.M. about the recent record high numbers of pre-nuptials agreements made in England and Wales, confirmed by the numbers of enquiries received by our team.

Read more here: stewartslaw.com/news/prenups-o…

#DivorceLaw

The Stewarts Cycling team will take part in the 2024 Spinal Injuries Association Association (SIA) Overseas Cycling Challenge, raising money to support the 40,000 spinal cord injured people in the UK.

The team has a JustGiving page where you can donate to the cause: justgiving.com/team/stewarts-…

On 8 April, Policyholder Disputes senior associate James Breese will deliver a Covid-19 business interruption update to the London Business Interruption Association.

Members can sign up here: london-bia.org/lectures-and-t…

#Covid19 #BusinessInterruption #Policyholders #InsuranceLaw

On Tuesday 26 March Stewarts held a bake sale in aid of Cerebral Palsy Sport to mark Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month. The bake sale was organised by Katherine Fitter and Victoria Williams from our Clinical Negligence department. So far over £300 has been raised.

#CerebralPalsyAwareness

In the recent case of Y v X [2024] EWFC 4, reviewed here by Hannah Boddy, the court considered the use of the #MillionairesDefence in financial proceedings relating to child maintenance between unmarried partners.

Read more here: stewartslaw.com/news/family-co…

#FamilyLaw