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NLJ's latest Charities Appeals Supplement has been published in this week’s issue

Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application

Catherine Frost considers natural justice, safety, & secrecy in statutory will applications

A law firm was not entitled to payment for jointly administering an estate as there was no charging clause in the will, the High Court Senior Courts Costs Office has ruled

Beth Bell & Megan Freeman set out legal & governance strategies that can help prevent disputes in wealthy families

Preserving family wealth requires more than astute investment management, according to Beth Bell, knowledge lawyer, and Megan Freeman, paralegal, at Penningtons Manches Cooper, writing in NLJ this week

Brian Patrick Bolger discusses surrogacy, bloodlines & beneficiary status in Cator v Thynn

Executors may be overlooking billions of pounds in estate assets hidden in forgotten investments and misplaced share certificates

From misplaced certificates to long-forgotten investments, missing shareholdings are more common than many realise, writes John Martin

Financial protections for domestic abuse victims would be strengthened and cohabiting couples be given inheritance and separation rights, under historic government proposals

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Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys senior leadership appointments

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths strengthens London Construction and Engineering practice with two strategic senior hires

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins announces strategic hire to deepen skills base in the social business sector

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Law Society RFC Festival of Sport 2026 ‘Wrap-Up’

More than 100 teams from the legal and financial services sectors competed in five sports at the 51st Law Society RFC Festival of Sport earlier this month

NLJ this week: Part-time protection widens

Part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, rather than the sole cause, the Supreme Court has held in Augustine v Data Cars

NLJ this week: Britain’s unpaid account

Britain’s new acknowledgement that Israel’s occupation is unlawful, and accompanying settlement-goods ban and sanctions, is significant but overdue, argue Danny Friedman KC and Victor Kattan in NLJ this week

NLJ this week: Rules, risks & red tape

New planning fee rises, wider trade union access rights and a service-by-email trap feature in Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way

NLJ this week: When bots libel

Existing defamation law can respond to AI ‘hallucinations’, but allocating responsibility will prove harder where outputs reach users without human intervention

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Wills & Probate

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss