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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7579

11 October 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

New senior associate for DR team

New head of chambers

Silk appointed to High Court bench

 New partner for corporate & commercial team

New board members for ILEX Professional Standards

Nicholas Asprey tackles the issue of the Crown & compulsory purchase

Robert Hines on the family court’s approach to orders dealing with offshore assets

Charles Wood & Jennifer Pattison gear up for Tender Round 3

Van Buggenhout and another v Banque Internationale a Luxembourg SA C-251/12

Re Sigma-Tau Pharma Ltd and another [2013] All ER (D) 31 (Oct)

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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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