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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

 Jonathan Steinert & Paris Aboro examine the Supreme Court’s approach to the rectification of a will

Henrietta Mason & Paola Fudakowska provide a wills & probate update

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Firm expands London disputes practice with senior partner hire

Druces—Lisa Cardy

Druces—Lisa Cardy

Senior associate promotion strengthens real estate offering

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith

Leading patent litigator joins intellectual property team

NEWS
The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week
Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted
Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
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