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Peers have warned impending legislation could put executors at financial risk when their loved ones die

The next generation is inheriting more than assets—it is inheriting complexity. Writing in NLJ this week, experts from Penningtons Manches Cooper chart how global mobility, blended families and evolving values are reshaping private wealth advice

As families transform & modernise, experts from Penningtons Manches Cooper chart the changing landscape of private wealth

Athelstane Aamodt asks: when is a signature not a signature?

Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961

Does the law still reflect modern medical reality? Julie Gowland & Barny Croft on navigating the legal risks of assisted dying support

Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals

How do the courts treat a deceased's assets in cases of suicide? Alexa Payet & John Critchley examine three cases

The evolving intersection of assisted suicide, public policy and estate administration is under discussion by Alexa Payet of Michelmores and John Critchley of Field Court Chambers in NLJ this week

Digital assets have been given statutory recognition as personal property for the first time, allowing people to leave digital art and cryptocurrency to their heirs

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Freeths—Rachel Crosier

Projects and rail practices strengthened by director hire in London

DWF—Stephen Hickling

Real estate team in Birmingham welcomes back returning partner

Ward Hadaway—44 appointments

Firm invests in national growth with 44 appointments across five offices

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NLJ this week: How sure is ‘sure’ enough?

Criminal juries may be convicting—or acquitting—on a misunderstanding. Writing in NLJ this week Paul McKeown, Adrian Keane and Sally Stares of The City Law School and LSE report troubling survey findings on the meaning of ‘sure’

NLJ this week: A deferred prosecution reprieve

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has narrowly preserved a key weapon in its anti-corruption arsenal. In this week's NLJ, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers examines Guralp Systems Ltd v SFO, in which the High Court ruled that a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) remained in force despite the company’s failure to disgorge £2m by the stated deadline

NLJ this week: Mandelson, Epstein & the court of popular opinion

As the drip-feed of Epstein disclosures fuels ‘collateral damage’, the rush to cry misconduct in public office may be premature. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke of Hill Dickinson warns that the offence is no catch-all for political embarrassment. It demands a ‘grave departure’ from proper standards, an ‘abuse of the public’s trust’ and conduct ‘sufficiently serious to warrant criminal punishment’

NLJ this week: Volunteers, promotions & perilous appeals

Employment law is shifting at the margins. In his latest Employment Law Brief for NLJ this week, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School examines a Court of Appeal ruling confirming that volunteers are not a special legal species and may qualify as ‘workers’

NLJ this week: 40 years on, has PACE lost its edge?

The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 transformed criminal justice. Writing in NLJ this week, Ed Cape of UWE and Matthew Hardcastle and Sandra Paul of Kingsley Napley trace its ‘seismic impact’

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Wills & Probate

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Rachel Crosier

DWF—Stephen Hickling

Ward Hadaway—44 appointments