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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7567

05 July 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

SRA executive director issues warning over growing trend for improper practices

Regulators clash over pan-profession compensation fund

Supreme Court ruling marks a "shift in emphasis"

Sad day for access to justice campaign

CILEx president strikes cautious note on legal apprentices

 Launch of First-tier Tribunal Property Chamber

Office for Judicial Complaints releases its annual report

Victims of Catholic laundries to receive pay-out

Criminal courts should be fully digital by 2016 after the government announced plan to invest £160m in IT systems across the courts and criminal justice agencies.
 

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

Nikki Bowker, head of dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team

DWF—Chris Air

DWF—Chris Air

Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment

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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