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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7580

18 October 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

 Charles Pigott explains how, in certain circumstances, costs awards are undeniably on the up

David Burrows reviews the bases for appeal in care proceedings

Resident parking: milking cash cows or lawful charging? Nicholas Dobson reports

Michael Tringham follows families at war over intestacy claims

Are parents being left out in Inheritance Act claims, asks Sarah Playforth

Jag-Preet Kaur, Henrietta Mason & Luca Del Panta provide a wills & probate update

Bernard Pressman considers the Supreme Court’s take on retrospective orders in relation to service

  • Workplace blow
  • It's the court fee that counts
  • New PI guidelines
  • Court counters closed for breakfast & tea

 Peter Causton casts an eye over recent plans to modernise the Chancery Division

Benkharbouche v Embassy of the Republic of Sudan and Janah v Libya UKEAT/0401/12/GE; 0020/13/GE

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Construction team bolstered by hire of senior consultant duo

Switalskis—four appointments

Switalskis—four appointments

Firm expands residential conveyancing team with quadruple appointment

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

Private client team welcomes senior associatein Worcester

NEWS
The controversial Mazur ruling, which caused widespread uncertainty about the role of non-solicitors in litigation work, has been overturned on appeal
Two landmark social media cases in the US could influence social media regulation in the UK, lawyers predict
Barristers have urged the government to set up Nightingale-style specialist courts, with jury trials, to prioritise rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse trials
Victims of violent crimes who suffer life-changing injuries receive less than half the financial support today than those in the 1990s, according to a senior personal injury lawyer
Rising numbers of cases, an increase in litigants in person and an overall lack of investment is piling pressure on the family court, the Law Society has warned
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