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​Gregor Hogan reports on the lessons from Viscount Hood v HMRC & what constitutes a gift with reservation of benefit

​Paul Hewitt reports on how to resolve mistakes & ambiguities in wills & the fallout from a geographical error

Not all beneficiaries or trustee decisions are equal, as William Moffett reports

    Gregor Hogan emphasises the need for clarity & open succession planning between the generations

    Could e-signing be used for wills or lasting powers of attorney? Daniel Watson considers the risks

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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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