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BPP University Bar student Elena Michael has been named the winner in an annual search for the nation’s most promising legal talent. Elena was chosen as the winner of National Accident Helpline’s Future Legal Mind Award 2021 after impressing judges with her ideas on regulating the UK’s commercial porn industry.

First4InjuryClaims, the new alternative business structure (ABS) law firm from First4Lawyers, has appointed Andrew Wild as Head of Legal Practice. Andrew joins from WNS Legal Assistance LLP – an ABS law firm owned by WNS Assistance Limited, where he has spent the last six years. Prior to this he worked for BLM and Leech & Co.

In his eponymous Opening Shot, Simon Kuper insightfully asks “What is the combination of downward mobility and widespread inheritance doing to families, ambitions and societies?” We are, he argues, reverting to a societal norm where the bulk of wealth is inherited, not earned.

There are just days left for property professionals to claim their free Thirdfort Standard ID (Safe Harbour) Check from tmgroup, the leading provider of property searches and data. This offer is available Friday 4th June to Friday 18th June 2021 inclusive, and also extends to orders placed for the Thirdfort Original ID Check and the recently enhanced Source of Funds Check, too.

Neves Solicitors LLP is long standing firm that have been providing a wide range of legal services to customers for over 150 years and pride themselves on being a modern, progressive, approachable and family friendly but commercial firm. The services provided by Neves include residential property, commercial law and property, dispute resolution, employment law, family law and wills, trusts and probate.

Our recent research into the nation’s changing mobility habits highlighted how many people have taken up cycling and walking as alternative, more eco-friendly methods of transport in the last year. While it’s great to be ‘green’, we became concerned about the rising number of vulnerable road users and have been encouraging people to take extra care to reduce their likelihood of being involved in an accident.

Specialist legal expenses insurer Temple Legal Protection has developed new ATE/litigation insurance cover specifically designed to assist insolvent referring parties seeking adjudication on a construction dispute and the subsequent enforcement of any adjudicator’s award.

CILEX Law School has been approved to deliver the new CILEX Professional Qualification (CPQ), introduced in February by CILEX (the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives). The CPQ is a redesigned approach to training that will produce uniquely qualified lawyers with the skills to meet the changing demands of the modern legal market and is open to those without a university qualification.

Inheritance tax was among the few revenue-generating taxes that rose in 2020/21, thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. The tax rose to more than £5.3 billion, close to the peak of 2018/19, when it reached £5.4 billion, though it dropped again shortly afterwards because of the rise in the residence nil rate band and perhaps because people had rushed through probate in the previous tax year because they were concerned that higher probate fees might be coming.

Despite the drop in monthly construction output following a strong March, the construction sector remains one of the leading lights in the UK’s economic recovery