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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7541

04 December 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Could satellite litigation be avoided following the Jackson reforms, asks David Greene

Extradition must be fair, insists Geoffrey Bindman QC

John McMullen casts an eye over the court’s approach to team participation & service provision change under TUPE

Geraldine Morris considers the changes to international maintenance

The time is right to introduce a bespoke procedure for personal injury product claims, argues Mary Blyth

Nicholas Dobson analyses housing possession proportionality

Michael Nash reports on a new Bill which aims to end an anomaly over the male partners of peers

Peter Vaines delves into the latest taxing matters

Peter Stevens reports on the ECJ’s ruling in the first case under unfair trading regulations

New CPR 31.5A looks set to shake up the disclosure process in England & Wales, reports Garry Bernstein

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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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