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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7561

24 May 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

The law in relation to secondary psychiatric injury is almost universally accepted to be a mess, says Keith Patten

Solicitors must take care when handling client accounts, warns Simon Love

When is a tenancy deposit not a tenancy deposit? Mathew McDermott reports on Johnson v Old

Peter Vaines ponders the intelligent businessman & pesky postal services

Wyatt v Vince [2013] EWCA Civ 495, [2013] All ER (D) 96 (May)

Joint Stock Company “Aeroflot Russian Airlines” v Berezovsky and others [2013] EWHC 1210 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 158 (May)

RC Brewery Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2013] EWHC 1184 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 130 (May)

Dhunna v Creditsights Ltd UKEAT/0246/12/LA, [2013] All ER (D) 133 (May)

R (on the application of Barclay and another) v Secretary of State for Justice and others [2013] EWHC 1183 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 123 (May)

Darbyshire v Turpin and another [2013] EWHC 954 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 161 (May)

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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
County court cases are speeding up, with the median time from claim to hearing 62 weeks for fast, intermediate and multi-track claims—5.4 weeks faster than last year

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured £1.1m in its first use of an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO)

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