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Issue: Vol 169, Issue 7825

25 January 2019
IN THIS ISSUE

The government’s claim that legal aid is a drain on the public purse is fiction, says Geoffrey Bindman

Alison Padfield QC & Diarmuid Laffan analyse the obligations of SIPP providers

Blow to residential landlords; setting aside post-admission; family forms forever; demolition device demolished.

Are some law schools more equal than others & how can they influence your success? Dr Paula Moffatt & Melanie King report

Roderick Ramage discusses how pension scheme employers & trustees should tackle pension tussles

What laws still govern the desecration of national symbols? Athelstane Aamodt takes a vexillological tour around the world

Child relocation: Kim Beatson & Victoria Brown share an update & case law overview

Amanda Hamilton reports on the future of the paralegal sector in relation to the challenges that lie ahead

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.

DWF—Stephen Webb

DWF—Stephen Webb

Partner and head of national planning team appointed

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire

NEWS
The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ
A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts

An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ

Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ
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