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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7791

04 May 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

Camilla Fusco hopes the mist clears soon surrounding the fate of family law in post-Brexit Britain

Dan Taylor explores the potential of Blockchain, & urges lawyers to join bankers & industry chiefs in embracing this technology

Athelstane Aamodt unravels the history of the UK passport

The gender pay gap reporting highlights the need for industry wide culture change, says Joanne Losty

Reilly v Sandwell: paying the price for the wrongfulness of non-disclosure. By Nicholas Dobson

A recent swaps case has wider implications concerning reliance on misstatements & misrepresentation, says Emma Davies

A drama at the opera has turned the spotlight on the music industry’s legal obligations to protect musicians. Jonathan Clarke talks to Susan Ghaiwal

Steve Hynes takes time out to explain the complexities of the tendering process for legal advice telephone services

A Part 36 offer can bring a plethora of benefits, but there is no room for manoeuvre when it comes to compliance, says Dominic Regan

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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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