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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7497

17 January 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Dominic Regan studies signs of Jackson slippage & notes some worrying trends

Jacqueline Laing challenges the Falconer report

Post Edwards, Stewart Duffy & Alex Leslie address the tensions between breach of contract & unfair dismissal

To set aside or not to set aside? David Burrows reviews Livock

Drivers should exercise extreme caution when turning right, warns Jack Harris

James Driscoll unravels the principles & practicalities of the Localism Act 2011

Dalriada Trustees Ltd v Faulds and others [2011] EWHC 3391 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 19 (Jan)

R (on the application of British Broadcasting Corporation and another) v Secretary of State for Justice [2012] EWHC 13 (Admin), [2012] All ER (D) 29 (Jan)

Astrazeneca UK Ltd v International Business Machines Corporation [2011] EWHC 3373 (TCC), [2012] All ER (D) 22 (Jan)

Tappin v Government of the United States of America [2012] EWHC 22 (Admin), [2012] All ER (D) 47 (Jan)

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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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