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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7287

06 September 2007
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The defence of doli incapax still awaits resurrection, says Dr Thomas Crofts

North v North [2007] EWCA Civ 760, [2007] All ER (D) 386 (Jul)

Government proposals to allow increased media access to family courts provoked consternation, and rightly so, says Eleanor Harris

In brief

R (Southwark Law Centre) v Legal Services Commission [2007] EWHC 1715 (Admin), [2007] All ER (D) 325 (Jul)

The legal protection offered to commercial agents continues to be contentious, say Beverley Flynn and Navdeep Gill

In brief

Is the UK/EU approach to corporation regulation too heavy-handed? Khawar Qureshi QC reports

ARCTIC SYSTEMS >>
CLARITY ON UK TAX LIABILITY FOR NON UK RESIDENTS >>
RECTIFICATION FOR TRUSTEES >>

Rance v Secretary of State for Health [2007] IRLR 665, [2007] All ER (D) 81 (May)

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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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