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Henrietta Mason & Paola Fudakowska provide a wills & probate update

Probate practitioners need a reality check, says Celia Fraser

Jon Robins questions whether all publicity is good publicity

The Supreme Court has preserved the estate in a case on whether the costs of a will dispute should be borne by the losing party, the estate of the deceased or the solicitor’s insurer.

Roderick Ramage discusses the property characteristics of “e-material” & shares a new precedent

Simon Hills & Tom Metcalfe report on the implications of the new public procurement regime when setting up a mutual

Professor Cooke & Luke Campbell report on the forthcoming Law Commission project on the law of wills

Henrietta Mason & Paola Fudakowska provide an update on disputed probate cases

What price simplicity? Julie Man remains unconvinced by HMRC’s latest strategy

Can inherited wealth be claimed by a non-inheriting spouse when a couple split up? Margaret Hatwood investigates

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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