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Nathan Wells examines the removal & replacement of personal representatives
Alistair Spencer outlines the law underpinning & resolving burial disputes

Genealogy firm Finders International celebrated a triple win at the Probate Research Awards 2021.

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has published guidance for members of the public and probate professionals to apply for probate online and includes an update on how HMCTS is planning to enhance the service through 2021. 
Mark Pawlowski considers whether English law recognises property rights in a dead body or bodily parts
The High Court has clarified that a test for capacity from an 1870 case remains good law, in a bitter wills dispute between two siblings.
The Law Society has reported that its Wills and Equity Committee is continuing to engage in regular discussions with the Law Commission on the matter of reforming the legal framework for making a will. 
TV celebrity lawyer Judge Rob Rinder will host this year’s UK Probate Research Awards, celebrating achievements in forensic genealogy or ‘heir hunting’ among other topics
Mark Pawlowski looks at some strange & intriguing wills that have been the subject of judicial scrutiny
Divorce applications nearly doubled between April and July last year as couples struggled with the first lockdown, according to the Legal Services Board (LSB) COVID-19 research dashboard into the pandemic’s impact on legal services.
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton

Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton

Chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers joins as partner

Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan

Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan

Group names Shakespeare Martineau partner head of Sheffield office

Blake Morgan—four promotions

Blake Morgan—four promotions

Four legal directors promoted to partner across UK offices

NEWS

The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC

Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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