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Adverse possession is a menace but landowners can take steps to protect themselves, says Alec Samuels

A cathedral close: heavenly or very worldly, asks Veronica Cowan

Jamie Sutherland & Imogen Dodds consider electronic signatures & formality requirements

Squatters have rights but there is much landowners can do to protect themselves from the menace of adverse possession, barrister Alec Samuels writes in NLJ’s property supplement this week

Relief from capital gains tax: at what point do you own your home, asks Shofiq Miah

Residents of four multi-million-pound flats which can be overlooked by visitors to Tate Modern have lost their latest legal challenge against the gallery, in an important case on nuisance

Mortgage receivership & possession: so few answers, many more questions. Cecily Crampin & Tricia Hemans report

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has launched a discussion paper, ‘Conveyancing 2030’, predicting huge change ahead as the administrative side of the role becomes automated

The Law Commission has launched its proposals for reform of leasehold, which it claims could potentially save homeowners millions of pounds

InfoTrack’s marketing guru Adam Bullion outlines how to survive & thrive in the ‘experience economy’

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Clarke Willmott—Megan Bradbury

Corporate team welcomes paralegal in Southampton

Howard Kennedy—Paul Moran

London firm strengthens real estate team with partner appointment

Cripps—Radius Law

Commercial and technology practice boosted by team hire

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Child focused courts to roll out nationwide

Pathfinder courts—renamed ‘Child focused courts’—are to be rolled out nationally, following a successful pilot where backlogs halved and cases were resolved up to seven and a half months faster

Bad behaviour must relate to proceedings, holds Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed a £385,000 costs order against a father, in a case that centred on what is required to meet the threshold of ‘reprehensible or unreasonable’ behaviour

Burials and cremation law under review

Centuries-old burial laws would be overhauled, under Law Commission proposals to address the burgeoning problem of shortage of cemetery space

Reducing women’s imprisonment

The government has committed an extra £32m to women’s charities and services tackling addiction, trauma, abuse and homelessness

Financial Ombudsman to return to its roots

The Financial Ombudsman is poised for major reform to return it to a simple, impartial dispute resolution service

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Property

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clarke Willmott—Megan Bradbury

Howard Kennedy—Paul Moran

Cripps—Radius Law