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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7468

01 June 2011
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Penningtons Solicitors LLP has appointed Andrew Casstles as a partner in its social housing group.

Kempner & Partners has been appointed sole provider of intellectual property advice to paint and wallpaper company Farrow & Ball after a competitive tender.

Roger Smith muses over MoJ branding, miscarriages of justice
& Atticus Finch

Driving in the UK on a foreign licence—dare you take the risk, ask Robert Brown & Charles Elton

Is the government backtracking on equality duties, asks Charles Pigott

Edward Heaton courts the question: when is a marriage a marriage?

Heather Platt examines the law in relation to children who sue their parents

Keith Davies explores two novel attempts to obtain land—& water—through adverse possession

Michael Tringham observes some recent judgments of Solomon

Katherine Rees evaluates the impact of the SRA’s financial protection policy statement

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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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