Case Analysis: Sheeran & Ors v Chokri & Ors [2022] EWHC 827 (Ch) (06 April 2022) Liam Wells, Barrister, Fraser Chambers & Nicholas Reed-Langen, Visiting Scholar, The Hertie School Introduction The music industry is a fickle business. Talent only gets you so far, before you must ride your [...]
Liam graduated in jurisprudence from the University of Oxford, has an LLM from King's College London in International Business Law and an LLM from the Erasmus School of Law in the Netherlands. He is currently completing his PhD on regulatory law at the University of Hamburg, is the Managing Editor [...]
The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick, has announced her resignation. Ricky Waumsley called for Cressida Dick to resign after an inquest jury concluded that Metropolitan Police mistakes probably contributed to the deaths of victims of a serial killer including Ricky's partner, Daniel Whitworth. Officers missed repeated opportunities [...]
Alexis Flores has completed her externship at Fraser Chambers whilst studying for her law degree with the University of Notre Dame. Alexis said that the favourite part of studying in London last fall was her externship: "I had the opportunity to work for a barrister that specializes in civil law. I [...]
Dr Anton van Dellen has been appointed as as Assistant Registrar at the Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine of The Royal College of Physicians. Anton will take over from Dr Alex Gorton, who has just demitted from office. Anton sits as HM Assistant Coroner in West London. Faculty [...]
Applications for Exceptional Case Funding (ECF) for inquest cases will no longer need to include means assessments of individuals from 12 January 2022. From that date, new and pending applications for ECF inquest funding no longer require means assessments, no further contributions will be required for existing ECF inquest [...]
The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has published a report which considers what role Pre-Action Protocols (PAPs) should play in an increasingly digitalised civil justice system. The report canvasses a number of reform options: Making all PAPs available online via portals. Formally recognising that compliance with PAPs would be mandatory, except [...]
Having previously been Junior Bar Auditor, Dr Anton van Dellen has been appointed as Senior Bar Auditor for Inner Temple. The role involves sitting on the Finance Sub-Committee of Inner Temple scrutinising departmental budgets and financial planning. Anton has previously held senior management positions in the NHS. Anton also [...]
The Legal 500 has listed Dr Anton van Dellen in both the Defamation and Privacy category and the Inquests and Inquiries category. The Legal 500 references refer to Anton as 'A tenacious advocate who fearlessly advances his client's case' and 'A very powerful advocate - he is not afraid to [...]
The government has announced that it will progress legislation removing the means test for bereaved families applying for legal aid through the exceptional case funding (ECF) scheme. The government also proposes to provide non-means tested legal help in relation to an inquest where exceptional case funding has been granted [...]