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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7314

27 March 2008
IN THIS ISSUE

D v H [2008] EWHC 559 (Fam), [2008] All ER (D) 286 (Mar)

News In Brief

Accomodating 16 - and 17 - year olds, Intentional homelessness, Tolerated tresspassers

The NLJ Column

Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/656)

Roger Smith examines the Legal Services Commission's proposals for competitive tendering

Partner on retirement repayment, capital, annuity

Byron James takes the law into his own hands with the modern application of an age-old remedy

Lapsed warning, redundancy, EU Industrial action

The Budget will have made the chancellor few new friends at home or abroad, says Peter Vaines

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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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