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Issue: Vol 169, Issue 7856

20 September 2019
IN THIS ISSUE
Nation transfixed by the Supreme Court
All eyes were on the Supreme Court livestream this week as eleven Justices heard argument on the matter of whether the decision to prorogue Parliament was lawful.
19 September 2019
Pensions & divorce catch lawyers out
The area of pensions and divorce is full of ‘elephant traps’, and family lawyers could face a rise in negligence cases unless they get to grips with it, the co-author of a good practice guide has warned. 
19 September 2019
Civil way: 20 September 2019 Premium Content

Vet a good bet; ENE to take off; latest CPR updates; FDR judge out for good

19 September 2019
Weekly law digests Premium Content
19 September 2019
Signed but not sealed Premium Content

Michael Fletcher considers the impact & reach of the Singapore Convention on Mediation

19 September 2019 / Michael Fletcher
Justice under review (Pt 2) Premium Content

In examining the work of the CCRC, it’s about time attention turned to the Court of Appeal’s role in miscarriage of justice cases, says Jon Robins

19 September 2019 / Dr Jon Robins
The pension split: unfair shares? Premium Content
Focusing on the short-term financial needs of clients on divorce can often be to the detriment of their longer-term financial security—but are family lawyers prepared to engineer the drive towards fairness & a pension sharing revolution? Grania Langdon-Down reports
18 September 2019 / Grania Langdon-Down
Cancellations & delays mar progress of court modernisation programme
The courts modernisation programme must not go the way of HS2, the chair of the Bar Council has warned, after progress was revealed to be behind schedule.
18 September 2019
Divorcees do it themselves
Nearly one third of individuals involved in a divorce or civil partnership dissolution dealt with the proceedings themselves from start to finish, consumer research shows.
18 September 2019
SRA: all about standards
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has launched a ‘one stop shop’ webpage of resources to help law firms prepare for the introduction of its Standards and Regulations on 25 November.
18 September 2019
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Nikki Bowker, head of dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on

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Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team

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King sets out Starmer’s legislative agenda
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
Decision on divorce & domicile

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

Early disclosure has not met its goals, lawyers say
Reforms to the disclosure regime in the business and property courts have not achieved their objectives, lawyers have warned
Guarding courts from the hazards of AI
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
Reforms to inquest fees under consultation
Ministers have proposed bringing inquest work under a single fee scheme for legal help and advocacy legal aid work
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