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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7504

08 March 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Julian Chamberlayne describes how retrospective & discounted CFAs are treated by the court

There will soon be no hiding place for bloggers warn Graham Huntley & Charlie Clarke-Jervoise

Dominic Regan reports from the front line

Geoffrey Bindman QC regrets the prosecution of Judge Baltasar Garzón

Family law reform should be handled with care advises David Burrows

Mark Whitcombe unravels the rights of fixed share partners

The test governing the construction of documents is objective, note Joanna Bhatia & Malcolm Dowden

Khawar Qureshi QC reports on the recent leading cases involving public international law & the English courts

Michael Tringham reports on invalid, void & forged wills

Mark Warwick studies the requirements of a legitimate will

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions

NEWS
Behind the profession’s polished exterior, lawyers are ‘internally drained rather than physically tired’, according to a stark assessment of burnout in legal practice
Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes
Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber
The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes
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