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Nicholas Bevan

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Dr Nicholas Bevan is a multiple award-winning solicitor and partner at both Solicitors Title LLP and Broomhead & Saul solicitors. 

He is a nationally recognised presenter and a successful law reform campaigner.  In 2017 he was awarded a doctorate in law for his ground breaking research on EU and insurance law.  He was senior counsel at an international law firm.  He persuaded the government to pass emergency legislation sanctioning the video witnessing of wills in 2020 after executing the nation’s first video will during the Covid-19 lockdown.  

Partner

Dr Nicholas Bevan is a multiple award-winning solicitor and partner at both Solicitors Title LLP and Broomhead & Saul solicitors. 

He is a nationally recognised presenter and a successful law reform campaigner.  In 2017 he was awarded a doctorate in law for his ground breaking research on EU and insurance law.  He was senior counsel at an international law firm.  He persuaded the government to pass emergency legislation sanctioning the video witnessing of wills in 2020 after executing the nation’s first video will during the Covid-19 lockdown.  

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
An emergency measure has been introduced for the witnessing of wills, but Nicholas Bevan believes there’s been a missed opportunity
Government has clarified its COVID–19 wills plans, but some misconceptions remain, as Dr Nicholas Bevan explains
Is it a misconception that a witness needs to be physically present at a will signing? Dr Nicholas Bevan reports
Dr Nicholas Bevan explains how the Court of Appeal’s ruling in MIB v Lewis casts open the floodgates to compensation

In the first instalment of a two-part feature, Dr Nicholas Bevan, reflects on the ruling in MIB v Lewis & its implications for the UK’s compulsory third-party motor insurance regime

In the second part of this special series on R & S Pilling t/a Phoenix Engineering v UK Insurance Ltd, Nicholas Bevan analyses the Supreme Court’s approach to motor policy construction

In the first of a two-part series on R & S Pilling t/a Phoenix Engineering v UK Insurance Ltd, Nicholas Bevan considers how EU-derived domestic legislation is likely to be interpreted by the courts post-Brexit

Restoration of the status quo ante: Nicholas Bevan reviews the Supreme Court ruling in Cameron v Liverpool Victoria Insurance Co Ltd

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Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School highlights a turbulent end to 2025 in the civil courts, from the looming appeal in Mazur to judicial frustration with ever-expanding bundles, in his final NLJ 'The insider' column of the year
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