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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7547

06 January 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Henry v NGN demonstrates a firmer line needs to be taken on costs budgeting, says Dominic Regan

The legal profession needs to wake up and smell the coffee, warns Andrew Parker

Has a recent High Court ruling created a new concept of accidental dismissal? Peter Taheri reports

Should vulnerable people who provide information on alleged abuse be entitled to public interest immunity? David Burrows investigates

Meghann McTague examines the impact of recent case law on the scope of vicarious liability in abuse claims

Nicholas Bevan continues his series on compensating RTA victims & finds our national law provision wanting

A recent High Court decision appears to sound another blow for landlords. Siobhan Jones reports

Liquidators can apply the hindsight principle when assessing whether a company is past the point of no return, reports Simon Duncan

Tom Bell debates the pros & cons of disapplying CPR 36.14

Wall v Mutuelle De Poitiers Assurances [2013] EWHC 53 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 208 (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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