Wills & Trusts Law Reports | September 2016 #162This was a referral to the Privy Council under s4 of the Judicial Committee Act 1833, under which the Queen can refer matters to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for advice. On this reference, the Privy Council was asked to advise as to (i) who was entitled to be entered on the Official Roll of the Baronetage as the Baronet of Pringle of Stichill; and (ii) whether DNA evidence resulting from the obtaining of a DNA sample from the tenth baronet (Sir Steuart Robert Pringle) in late 2009 or early 2010 should be admitted in order to determine the first question.<...
Wills & Trusts Law Reports | March 2016 #157Taylor Wessing LLP (TW) are the London solicitors of Grampian Trust Company Limited (the trustee), a company resident and incorporated in the Bahamas. The trustee is trustee of a discretionary settlement known as the Glenfinnan settlement, settled in 1992 and governed by Bahamian law. The Glenfinnan settlement was a resettlement of certain funds from an earlier Bahamian settlement (the 1973 settlement). The first claimant is a beneficiary of the Glenfinnan settlement. The second and third claimants, her children, are not beneficiaries. In 2006 and 2009 the trustee made substantial appoin...
Martin Meredith assesses the impact of AMP v Persons Unknown ‘This was not a freedom of the press case, but concerned the rights of unknown persons to receive and impart information over which AMP had a right to privacy.’ The case of AMP v Persons Unknown [2011], heard before the Hon Mr Justice Ramsay, may …
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Rupert Cowper-Coles outlines the circumstances in which media law may be relevant in family proceedings ‘Family law is inherently a practice area loaded with both highly sensitive information and highly charged emotions, while media law essentially governs the communication of such information.’ It is common for Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights …
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Malcolm Johnson reviews the basis of compensation ‘Clearly a person who abuses a child in the course of creating a film will be liable to the child for assault. However, what about a person who simply takes the film?’ Child pornography is a multi-billion dollar industry. The statistics published by the Child Exploitation and Online …
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Issues of privacy and human rights, examined by Claire Sanders ‘Parties to family proceedings have rarely succeeded in restricting media access or reporting where their only concern is their own privacy.’ The decision in TK v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2011] illustrates the importance of privacy in family life and its interaction with freedom of …
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In the first of two parts, Alan Watts and Anna Bateman review recent cases on the law of confidence and privacy ‘Applications for interim injunctions to prevent publication of confidential information are often sought and obtained.’ The past few years have seen some significant developments in the law of confidence, such that it is now …
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