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James Driscoll

Solicitor & consultant editor

Professor James Driscoll is a solicitor and the consultant editor to Halsbury’s Laws

Solicitor & consultant editor

Professor James Driscoll is a solicitor and the consultant editor to Halsbury’s Laws

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

James Driscoll summarises the key developments in the law relating to residential long leases in the past year

How should rent repayment sanctions be applied where a landlord runs unlicensed houses in multiple occupation? James Driscoll reports

James Driscoll follows the battle to make service charges more accountable

James Driscoll unravels the principles & practicalities of the Localism Act 2011

Hague on Leasehold Enfranchisement, Anthony Radevsky & Damian Greenish

When is it reasonable to make a possession order? asks James Driscoll

James Driscoll explores when it's reasonable to call a building a house

Why has commonhold been so slow to catch on? James Driscoll investigates

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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