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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7453

17 February 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Decision to revoke £1bn of funding for school repairs unlawful

Two local authorities have been fined by the Information Commissioner’s Office for data protection breaches after laptops containing unencrypted information went missing.

Businesses are increasingly turning to the Human Rights Act to assert their commercial interests.

In the first of two articles, Lisa Wright reports on the costs dilemmas in infant approvals

Marley v Rawlings and another[2011] EWHC 161 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 43 (Feb)

Jennifer James misses out on time on the piste to reflect on love & the law

e Montfort Fine Art Ltd v Acre 1127 Ltd (in liquidation) (formerly known as Castle Galleries Ltd) (in liquidation) [2011] EWCA Civ 87, [2011] All ER (D) 111 (Feb)

Sharon’s Bakers (Europe) Ltd v AXA Insurance UK plc and another company [2011] EWHC 210 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 107 (Feb)

Minkin v Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor [2011] EWHC 177 (QB), [2011] All ER (D) 82 (Feb)

D Borough Council v AB [2011] EWHC 101 (COP), [2011] All ER (D) 71 (Feb)

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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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