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2016 is the year of the client review, says James Ward

Henrietta Mason & Paola Fudakowska report on some recent wills & probate cases

The court is making efforts to keep the DMC doctrine within its proper bounds, says Edward Rowntree

How can we raise awareness of the need for solidly drafted wills, asks James Ward

Brie Stevens-Hoare QC considers adult children, charities & state benefits in the wake of the Ilott decision

Henrietta Mason & Paola Fudakowska return with a wills & probate update

Samantha Ewing considers the benefits of mediation in will disputes

Aidan Briggs explains why donatio mortis causa is an exception to nearly every rule

Phillipa Bruce-Kerr explains how deprivation of liberty cases overlap with the private client arena

Henrietta Mason considers recent procedural developments in contentious succession

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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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