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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7740

31 March 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

A consideration of Parliamentary intent & a deductive approach could have helped ensure Mrs Owens got her way, says David Burrows

Kim Beatson & Victoria Brown provide an update on leave to remove

BPE Solicitors and another v Hughes-Holland [2017] UKSC 21, [2017] All ER (D) 152 (Mar)

LBI EHF (in winding up) v Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG and another [2017] EWHC 522 (Comm), [2017] All ER (D) 163 (Mar)

Malcolm Dowden & Kizzie Fenner examine the evidential potential of the Internet of Things & the benefits of smart contracts

Geoffrey Bindman QC celebrates Anthony Trollope’s depiction of the legal profession

Is Hotak’s bite now worse than its bark? Sophie Bell & Satvir Sahota examine vulnerability decisions in homeless cases

Epoch Company Ltd v Character Options Ltd [2017] EWHC 556 (IPEC), [2017] All ER (D) 165 (Mar)

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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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