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03 November 2021
Issue: 7955 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Wills & Probate
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The Probies

Lawyers are urged to polish up their entries for ‘The Probies’, ahead of the 26 November deadline

The Probate Research Awards, now in their fourth year, feature 14 categories from forensic genealogy (heir hunting) to will writing firm, unsung hero, best human interest story and young wills and probate professional.

Criminal barrister and television presenter Rob Rinder will present the 2022 awards at a ceremony next April. Rinder retraced the story of his Holocaust survivor grandfather and other family for an episode of ‘Who do you think you are?’ and a two-part documentary.

Geoffrey Odds, company secretary of the International Association of Professional Probate Researchers and Genealogists, said: ‘Over the course of the pandemic to date, probate research has played an extraordinarily important role in supporting councils and the legal profession as a whole.’

See www.probateresearchawards.org.

Issue: 7955 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Wills & Probate
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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’
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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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