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Andrew Francis explains why the recent decision in Beaumont has importance beyond the world of rights of light

Leasehold practitioners have called on the government to extend statutory deadlines for filing applications until the COVID-19 lockdown is over
Adverse possession is a menace but landowners can take steps to protect themselves, says Alec Samuels
A cathedral close: heavenly or very worldly, asks Veronica Cowan
Jamie Sutherland & Imogen Dodds consider electronic signatures & formality requirements
Squatters have rights but there is much landowners can do to protect themselves from the menace of adverse possession, barrister Alec Samuels writes in NLJ’s property supplement this week
Relief from capital gains tax: at what point do you own your home, asks Shofiq Miah
Residents of four multi-million-pound flats which can be overlooked by visitors to Tate Modern have lost their latest legal challenge against the gallery, in an important case on nuisance
Mortgage receivership & possession: so few answers, many more questions. Cecily Crampin & Tricia Hemans report
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Arc Pensions Law—Richard Meers

Arc Pensions Law—Richard Meers

Pensions litigation team announces senior associate hire

Burges Salmon—Neil Demuth

Burges Salmon—Neil Demuth

Firm appoints new chief financial officer

Anthony Collins—Sue Bearman

Anthony Collins—Sue Bearman

Social purpose firm announces director hire plus eight promotions

NEWS
Human rights lawyers, social justice champion, co-founder of the law firm Bindmans, and NLJ columnist Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC has died at the age of 92 years
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
In NLJ this week, Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre marks Pro Bono Week by urging lawyers to recognise the emotional toll of pro bono work
Can a lease legally last only days—or even hours? Professor Mark Pawlowski of the University of Greenwich explores the question in this week's NLJ
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