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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7287

06 September 2007
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David Truex Solicitor (a firm) v Kitchin [2007] EWCA Civ 618, [2007] All ER (D) 53 (Jul)

Sentencing Guidelines Council: Revised Definitive Guideline—Reduction in Sentence for a Guilty Plea:

Victims of crime are heard but not always heeded. Julian Broadhead explains

Veitch v Avery [2007] EWCA Civ 711, [2007] All ER (D) 177 (Jul)

The government’s commitment to maintaining the status quo in family courts is a disappointing policy reversal, says Sarah Palin

News

Do government proposals to expand the use of public procurement do enough to promote equality of opportunity? asks Christopher McCrudden

The requirement to give advance notice of mass cycle rides is a worrying incursion on civil liberties, says Seamus Burns

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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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