The Court of Appeal (CoA) had to answer whether a family member of a secure tenant has the right to buy posthumously under the Housing Act 1985. Background: Mrs. Laura…
Does the ‘right-to-buy’ defy death?
Beware of the use of fertilised embryos without the written consent of the deceased
The High Court was faced with tragic circumstances and the difficult question of whether EF could use an embryo created with his sperm and his late wife’s eggs in treatment…
Recognition of Nigerian adoption
The High Court had to apply the common law test for the recognition of foreign adoption. Background: Mrs. O, a Nigerian-born born in 1972, moved to live in the UK…