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Issue: Vol 169, Issue 7822

04 January 2019
IN THIS ISSUE

Directories & NextGen Law: Michael Burne believes big data & AI are close to producing a segmented client selection tool

​Alec Samuels reports on secrecy, privacy, confidentiality & anonymity in the courtroom

​Frank Maher shares some predictions for law firm risk

​Nicholas Dobson considers the delicate balance of rights involved in interim injunctions against hunt protesters

​Steven Gasztowicz QC marks the 170th birthday of Tulk v Moxhay

​Simon Parsons reflects on the possible impact of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 which breaks the conduit pipe whereby EU law flows into UK domestic law

Patrick Allen predicts an uplift in the number of law firms converting to co-ownership

Bar for what constitutes a significant development should not be set too high

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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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