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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7424

01 July 2010
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R (on the application of AP) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (No 2) [2010] UKSC 26

Peter Wake applauds a common sense approach to liability

Local authorities can’t afford to prioritise resources over the interests of those in care, says Nicholas Dobson

Louisa Albertini highlights the importance of a clearly drafted trade mark coexistence agreement

What did the Budget offer families stretched by family breakdown? Geraldine Morris reports

In Al Rawi v Security Service [2010] EWCA Civ 482, [2010] All ER (D) 03 (May) the court considered a preliminary issue in a suit brought by six former detainees against several arms of the UK government.

In a second set of proceedings involving the same parties, one of them seeks to raise matters which could have been raised first time round.

Employment; Environment; Human rights; Costs

Dominic Regan casts a wry eye over some interesting cases...

Withy King welcomes Richard Baxter as a new partner in its corporate and commercial department in Oxford.

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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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