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Constance McDonnell QC examines the year’s most notable 1975 Act decisions

Solicitors have been urged to join the 2019 Will Aid campaign, which takes place across the country throughout the month of November.

The government has scrapped controversial plans to hike probate fees.

Chris Williams provides an update on the evidence & standard of proof required to gauge mental capacity

A claimant relying on a standstill agreement in 1975 Act claims does take a risk, but one that will almost certainly be worth taking in future, as Paul Hewitt & Sarah Aughwane explain

Henrietta Mason & Chris Williams report on two intriguing recent cases involving undue influence & excessive costs

Simon Hetherington argues the greatest risk from DIY wills is in the profession’s response to them

A widow has won her claim for reasonable financial provision, in a landmark Court of Appeal decision on limitation.

A sudden jump in the number of (usually rare) cases where heirs try to oust executors has been recorded by the High Court.

The Law Society, along with the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and Solicitors for the Elderly, is seeking examples of delays to the probate service ahead of a meeting next month with HM Courts and Tribunals (HMCTS).

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Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton

Chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers joins as partner

Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan

Group names Shakespeare Martineau partner head of Sheffield office

Blake Morgan—four promotions

Four legal directors promoted to partner across UK offices

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NLJ this week: Renters’ Rights revolution begins—brace for tribunal chaos

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

NLJ this week: Civil procedure gets a spring overhaul

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

NLJ this week: Why GP complaints are going nowhere

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

NLJ this week: Prenups meet a jurisdictional brick wall

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

NLJ this week: Has Rylands v Fletcher come back from the dead?

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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Wills & Probate

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton

Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan

Blake Morgan—four promotions