THIS ISSUE
Residential property law isn’t exactly leading tech innovation. Why not, & how can it change? Peter Ambrose investigates
Jeremy Richmond KC, Michael Rhode & Alexander Emmott provide an overview of developments in sustainability regulations, push payment fraud & de-banking
Exactly how thick-skinned do local politicians need to be? Nicholas Dobson looks at recent case law
Government proposals to introduce radical reform in the leaseholder’s favour will have a huge impact on practitioners when acting for landlords, says Shabnam Ali-Khan
Andrew Francis on the application of three important principles advising upon the meaning & effect of legal documents
How do we regulate the treatment of the dead? Athelstane Aamodt digs up the truth
The law is tying itself in knots over gender critical cases. A new approach is needed urgently to make the UK safer for trans people, says Oscar Davies
Ruth Pratt examines the little-used ‘procedural abuse torts’ in civil claims
You’ve got to be thick-skinned to go into local politics, but to how much aggravation should a publicly spirited person be subjected? In this week’s NLJ, Nicholas Dobson tests the limits
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton
Chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers joins as partner
Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan
Group names Shakespeare Martineau partner head of Sheffield office
Blake Morgan—four promotions
Four legal directors promoted to partner across UK offices
NEWS
The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC
Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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