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Paul Hewitt and Paola Fudakowska report on beneficial ownership

Wills and probate

Roberts v Gill & Co [2008] EWCA Civ 803, [2008] All ER (D) 162 (Jul)

MENTAL CAPACITY ACT
UNDUE INFLUENCE

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

News In Brief

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

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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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