The ex-wife of a Russian businessman has been refused permission to pursue a legal bid for a third of his £15 billion fortune. Natalia Potanina was attempting to secure an increased pay out through English courts from her former husband, Vladimir Potanin, claiming that the initial amount she received left her facing ‘hardship’ and did
Aviva has called for solicitors to be forced to declare the means by which personal injury clients are obtained. According to the Law Gazette, the insurer says the ‘lucrative nature’ of selling claims leads has given rise to a black market for car accident data, allowed in part by a lack of transparency. The Law Gazette
A landlord was compelled to turn to his solicitors after his tenant who owed him £29,000 in rent had damaged the Manchester property. Landlord David Wright rented his four-bedroom property in Warrington to a mother and her two teenage sons. He resorted to involving solicitors in order to gain access to the house, only to
According to figures from the Ministry of Justice there were 92,361 divorces finalised in 2018. This is a reduction from 103,366 last year. According to data published by the Office of National Statistics, this figure is the lowest in almost 50 years. In 2017, the median age of men at the time of their divorce
A landlord has been fined £5,000 for renting out an “abandoned house.” Josh Ahmad failed to notify Ashford Borough Council who brought the case against Ahmed after finding an empty house filled with tenants. Council officers suspected five or more people lived at the house. However, an HMO license couldn’t be given and enforcement action
The ex-wife of a Russian billionaire is preparing for the next step in a three-year legal battle in her bid to receive nearly £450million that she is owed by her ex-husband. Tatiana Akhmedova was awarded a 41.5% share of businessman Farkhad Akhmedov’s £1billion-plus fortune by a British divorce court judge in 2016. However, Mr Justice
A solicitor has been struck off by the solicitors disciplinary tribunal after he enabled a £62,000 overpayment on a property. Milan Patel, sole director of ALD Legal Solicitors was instructed by a resident of Saudi Arabia to purchase a UK property on his behalf. According to the judgment, the property was transferred from the seller
A landlord from Nottingham has been fined over £25,000 after admitting 12 licensing offences. Dexter Blackstock faced charges relating to twelve unlicensed properties he owned and were required to be licensed under either Part 2 or 3 of the Housing Act. Mr Blackstock was convicted of nine offences of failing to license properties under the
According to the Law Gazette, judges are concerned that HM Courts & Tribunals Service has allocated little time to ensure digitised forms in family law are correctly translated into Welsh. At an open meeting of the Family Procedure Rule Committee at London’s Royal Courts of Justice, His Honour Judge Harold Godwin discussed the issue. HHJ
The prime minister of the UAE did not attend the second High Court hearing into the welfare of two of his children. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, 70, who is embroiled in an acrimonious court battle with his estranged wife Princess Haya bint al Hussein, did not attend a preliminary hearing in July too. The Dubai