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Mind the boilerplate small print for danger may lie within, warns Andrew Francis, Serle Court, in this week’s NLJ

Radical leasehold reform is on its way—but will it deliver, for whom, and how will the profession respond?

The Spring Budget brought several tweaks to property taxation & CGT, which are likely to impact the wider real estate market, write Chris Gaunt & Caroline Styan
The registration gap is a risky period in a property purchase. Tricia Hemans & Daniel Black explain how to avoid the pitfalls

The perils of the registration gap when purchasing property, and how to keep the transaction on track, are explained in this week’s NLJ, in an article full of useful advice for property lawyers

The Law Society has updated its TA6 property information form to include ‘material information’ such as proximity of electric car charging points and local flood risks
The separation of the two systems can be frustrating to lay people & adds to the burden on their advisers. Andrew Francis helps make us at home in this area of the law
Daniel Bacon looks at tax & other issues driving landlords from the residential housing market
Caroline Shea KC & Thomas Rothwell consider the Supreme Court’s latest guidance on injunctions binding newcomers
The Supreme Court recently handed down guidance, in a recent case, on injunctions binding ‘newcomers’—an example being a bunch of noisy protesters; such an injunction would apply to the current bunch and also to potential protesters (newcomers) who have not yet arrived
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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