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Scammell v Farmer [2008] EWHC 1100 (Ch), [2008] All ER (D) 296 (May)

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The Burden sisters could not have won their case without unravelling some of the fundamentals of the tax system, says Julian Washington

Removal of Executor

WSPA, BUAV and Advocates for Animals v Bowman (Unreported) January 2008

Service out of jurisdiction, Making wills for family members, Lifetime gifts

John Clinch offers a cautious welcome to the increasing number of online resources for probate research

Paul Sharpe bemoans the lack of regulation in willwriting

Ledger v Wootton [2007] All ER (D) 99 (Oct), Boudh v Bodh [2007] EWCA Civ 1019, [2007] All ER (D) 384 (Oct)

Kostic v Chaplin & Others [2007] EWHC 2209 (Ch), [2007] All ER (D) 119 (Dec)

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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
Chronic delays, duplication of work, cancelled hearings and inefficiencies in the family law courts are letting children and victims of domestic abuse down, a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) inquiry has found
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
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