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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7616

25 July 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Andrea Leadsom MP welcomes the consensus to bring insurance contract law into the 21st century

Lehna Hewitt examines the court’s approach to financial provision following an overseas divorce

Nick Pargeter & Malcolm Keen welcome Court of Appeal guidance on limitation & disease

Deborah Caldwell explains why tenants’ lawyers should think carefully about ownership & removal rights of tenants’ trade fixtures

Swaps mis-selling litigation is not over yet, says David Pope

Tom Morrison & David White review the world of information law

Central Trading & Exports Ltd v Fioralba Shipping Company [2014] EWHC 2397 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 171 (Jul)

Colefax v First Tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) and another [2014] EWCA Civ 945, [2014] All ER (D) 153 (Jul)

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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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