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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7275

31 May 2007
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Can refusal to grant a sex shop licence breach the applicant’s human rights? Nicholas Dobson investigates

Islington London Borough Council v Honeygan-Green [2007] EWHC 1270 (QB)

More money and extra safeguards are needed to ensure the UK’s housing and regeneration projects reap the benefits that should arise from a new white paper, lawyers say.

An impending House of Lords’ case should provide guidance about the way husband and wife businesses may be taxed, says Richard Anderson

Marcan Shipping (London) Ltd v Candida Corporation [2007] EWCA Civ 463, [2007] All ER (D) 277 (May)

Lay v Drexler [2007] EWCA Civ 464, [2007] All ER (D) 318 (May)

Proposals to reform tribunals into a more efficient, independent and user-focused service have been published by the Tribunals Service (TS).

Framlington Group Ltd v Barnetson [2007] EWCA Civ 502, [2007] All ER (D) 429 (May)

R v Jones [2007] EWCA Crim 1118, [2007] All ER (D) 235 (May)

O’Hanlon v Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs [2007] EWCA Civ 283, [2007] All ER (D) 516 (Mar

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

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

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team

DWF—Chris Air

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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