THIS ISSUE
The lack of fairness in financial settlements means the Divorce, Dissolution & Separation Bill now going through Parliament misses the mark, says Dr Michael Arnheim
Relief from capital gains tax: at what point do you own your home, asks Shofiq Miah
Georgina Squire charts the progress of the use & application of the new disclosure regime
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Whether influencing government policy or managing their own plastics use, lawyers can help reduce environmental damage in a wide variety of ways
Alec Samuels reports on gait recognition evidence
Michael Zander’s response on recent criminal justice royal commissions
Dominic Regan urges the government to think twice before introducing a raft of personal injury reforms
A group of 142 claimants from Sierra Leone has lost its Court of Appeal case against a UK-based mining company for events the trial judge described as ‘violent chaos during the course of which many villagers were variously beaten, shot, gassed, robbed, sexually assaulted, squalidly incarcerated and, in one case, killed’
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly
Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team
Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees
Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees
Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron
Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes
NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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