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21 September 2022
Issue: 7995 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Family
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Cast your vote now for the Family Law Awards

The shortlist for the annual LexisNexis Family Law Awards is out—and your vote is required.

Each year, the family law community gets to choose the winner in two categories—Family Law Commentator of the Year and Family Law Clerking Team of the Year. Please cast your vote here by midday on 14 October.

The full shortlist can be viewed here. There are more than 20 categories including Case, Children Law Team, Community Interaction and International Family Lawyer of the Year.

The Family Law Awards brings the family law community together for its biggest night of the year, celebrating excellence, networking and recognising its vital contribution to society. Last year, the prestigious event was attended by 700 guests.

This year’s awards will be held on 28 November at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London. 

Issue: 7995 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Family
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NEWS
The government will aim to pass legislation banning leasehold for new flats and capping ground rent, introducing non-compulsory digital ID and creating a ‘duty of candour’ for public servants (also known as the Hillsborough law) in the next Parliament

An Italian financier has lost his bid to block his Australian wife from filing divorce papers in England on the basis it was no longer her domicile of choice

Reforms to the disclosure regime in the business and property courts have not achieved their objectives, lawyers have warned
The Law Society has urged ministers to hold a public consultation on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the justice system as a whole
Ministers have proposed bringing inquest work under a single fee scheme for legal help and advocacy legal aid work
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