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Issue: Vol 174, Issue 8069

03 May 2024

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A Sunderland restaurant is unable to use a ‘disease’ clause in its insurance policy to cover business lost during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Court of Appeal has confirmed

The Justice Committee heard oral evidence this week, for its ongoing inquiry into probate, from the Law Society, Institute of Chartered Accountants, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and Council of Licensed Conveyancers

A stellar line-up including former Attorney-General Lord Goldsmith and former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will address this year’s London International Disputes Week (LIDW), on 3-7 June

Family lawyers will need to continually assess non-court options for clients from this week, after major changes to the Family Procedure Rules (FPR) took effect

Law firm Irwin Mitchell and probate researchers Finders International, the firm founded by celebrity heir hunter Danny Curran (pictured right), both triumphed at this year’s ‘Probies’ (Probate Industry Awards)

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Winckworth Sherwood—Tim Foley

Property litigation practice strengthened by partner hire

Kingsley Napley—Romilly Holland

International arbitration team specialist joins the team

Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney

Set creates new client and business development role amid growth

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Who’s on the 2026 silk list?

The rank of King’s Counsel (KC) has been awarded to 96 barristers, and no solicitors, in the latest silk round

NLJ this week: Police, contempt and the rule of law

Can a chief constable be held responsible for disobedient officers? Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth, professor of public law at De Montfort University, examines a Court of Appeal ruling that answers firmly: yes

NLJ this week: When your brain signs the contract

Neurotechnology is poised to transform contract law—and unsettle it. Writing in NLJ this week, Harry Lambert, barrister at Outer Temple Chambers and founder of the Centre for Neurotechnology & Law, and Dr Michelle Sharpe, barrister at the Victorian Bar, explore how brain–computer interfaces could both prove and undermine consent

NLJ this week: Comparators—how close is close enough?

Comparators remain the fault line of discrimination law. In this week's NLJ, Anjali Malik, partner at Bellevue Law, and Mukhtiar Singh, barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, review a bumper year of appellate guidance clarifying how tribunals should approach ‘actual’ and ‘evidential’ comparators. A new six-stage framework stresses a simple starting point: identify the treatment first

NLJ this week: Domicile—more than where you live

In cross-border divorces, domicile can decide everything. In NLJ this week, Jennifer Headon, legal director and head of international family, Isobel Inkley, solicitor, and Fiona Collins, trainee solicitor, all at Birketts LLP, unpack a Court of Appeal ruling that re-centres nuance in jurisdiction disputes. The court held that once a domicile of choice is established, the burden lies on the party asserting its loss

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Issue: Vol 174, Issue 8069

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Winckworth Sherwood—Tim Foley

Kingsley Napley—Romilly Holland

Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney