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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7451

01 February 2011
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Boodle Hatfield has appointed solicitor, Mark Lindley to the private client team.

APIL chief executive Denise Kitchener is set to leave after 18 years to take up a new challenge in personal injury law.

The Environmental Law Foundation has announced that His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales has agreed to assume the presidency of the Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) with immediate effect for a fixed three year term.

Hidden fees and disappearing companies are just some of the threats posed to consumers by “cowboy” will writers.

Council snoops out in new “control orders-lite” plan

A career as a legal aid lawyer could soon be out of reach to those from low income backgrounds, as a result of cuts to the sector.

Lord Justice Thomas is to chair an advisory group on the quality assurance of advocates (QAA) scheme

The Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) has seen a 40% increase in the number of entrants for its level 3 Professional Diploma in Law and Practice exam

Lawyers question proposed shake-up to employment tribunal system

The term “domestic violence” includes threatening or intimidating behaviour which may give rise to the risk of harm, the Supreme Court has ruled.

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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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