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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7566

28 June 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Event Holding GmbH & Co. KG v OHIM T-353/11, [2013] All ER (D) 123 (Jun)

Apollo Engineering Ltd v James Scott Ltd (Scotland) [2013] UKSC 37, [2013] All ER (D) 116 (Jun)

Bank Mellat v Her Majesty’s Treasury [2013] UKSC 38, [2013] All ER (D) 164 (Jun)

Tony Allen explains how mediation can provide a remedy for litigation horror stories

Dominic Regan turns his reforming eye towards the privatisation of the court system

LETR calls for more support for the development of less traditional training routes

Supreme Court rules in favour of Bank Mellat

Patents could be granted in 90 days

New Supreme Court role for Baroness Hale

Legal Services Commission finally given all-clear by auditors

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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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