THIS ISSUE
Writing in NLJ’s Civil Way this week, columnist DDJ Stephen Gold asks, ‘have you ever tried savaging a peanut?’
As firms scramble for position post‑lockdown, effective marketing is crucial. Grania Langdon‑Down speaks to the experts
The Family Online Mediation and Arbitration Service (FOMAS)
Quarantine quarrels? This mediation tool may help solve the puzzle, says Jennifer Egsgard
Go low with the CFO; Possessions reparalysed; High Street lessee win; Family cases to surge.
Flexible tenancy shock; Big financial remedy changes
The plans for reform to injury litigation are a disaster in the making & will only make matters worse, says Dominic Regan
The investigation of many individual COVID-19 deaths is likely to give rise to significant controversy, says David Regan
Family lawyers were keeping a watchful eye on events in Westminster this week as the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill reached its final stages
CBA chair reports on ‘cracked trials’
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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
Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team
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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