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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7662

24 July 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Spencer Keen reports on the correct approach to tainted information cases

McGartland and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ 686, [2015] All ER (D) 147 (Jul)

IS v Director of Legal Aid Casework and another [2015] EWHC 1965 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 149 (Jul)

Simon Duncan surveys the unusual approaches taken towards swaps mis-selling claims

Michael Zander considers some classic instances of lies told about the Human Rights Act

Starr v Ward [2015] EWHC 1987 (QB), [2015] All ER (D) 123 (Jul)

R (on the application of Cornwall Council) v Secretary of State for Health and others [2015] UKSC 46, [2015] All ER (D) 91 (Jul)

How do you translate personal loss into a financial figure? Suzanne Trask highlights some inconsistencies & calls for change

R (on the application of Sarkandi and others) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2015] EWCA Civ 687, [2015] All ER (D) 138 (Jul)

What is the family court for, asks Hazel Wright

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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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