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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7807

07 September 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

John Gould delves into the details behind EY’s acquisition of Riverview Law: all hot air, or law firms beware?

It’s time for lawyers to get smart about artificial intelligence. Nancy Jessen reports

Suspended possession reversal; cornet holder catch up; boost for gamblers; tax penalty escape.

This week: attachment disobeyed; possession costs; questioning the expert; non-mol undertakings.

Keith Wilding reviews the Mental Health Act & considers some ambitious proposals for a brighter future

Simon Parsons reflects on the dishonesty test as the first anniversary of Ivey approaches

David Locke & Carmel Shachar consider the impact of globalised medicine on withdrawal of treatment decisions in the UK

David Burrows examines the decision in Mills v Mills & what it means for maintenance for a dependent spouse

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions

NEWS
Behind the profession’s polished exterior, lawyers are ‘internally drained rather than physically tired’, according to a stark assessment of burnout in legal practice
Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes
Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales
The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber
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