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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7510

17 April 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

The use of springboard injunctions by employers is soaring, says Richard Owen-Thomas

Successive governments have failed to protect RTA victims. It’s time to act, says Nicholas Bevan

Will reform resolve the legal minefield of easements by prescription, asks Christopher Warenius

Tim Spencer-Lane breaks down the consultation on health care regulation

A trust should express, not obstruct, a court’s will, says Jenny Duggan

Ed Mitchell provides an update on community care law

Paul Lowenstein QC & Teniola Onabanjo detail why London has become a centre for international litigation

Iain Stark examines the changes afoot in the world of costs

In the second article in a special NLJ costs series, William Gibson revisits estimates

Dr Ann Brady welcomes the government’s mediation proposals

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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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