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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7509

03 April 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Motor accident compensation laws "fall short of EC standards"

Thursday 26 April: Butterworths’ Personal Injury Conference

Clarification for rules for in-house solicitors

Candidates wanted for judicial positions

Solicitors' development views sought by survey

Chief Ombudsman sets out strategy

Fraudulent partner pleads guilty

Duncan Ranton & Jane Keir assess the value of pre-conception agreements

Sally Cowen & Yvette Genn contemplate the RTA portal

The UK may be in deep water as flood insurance ends, says Richard Hinton

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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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