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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7586

29 November 2013
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BAT Industries PLC v Windward Prospects Ltd [2013] EWHC 3612 (Comm), [2013] All ER (D) 265 (Nov)

The notice of proposed allocation to track requires payment of the allocation fee...

Is service by solicitors...

 Is there power for the court to apply the multi-track costs budget...

On a return of goods claim where an order is made for a forthwith return...

What is the current state of thinking about the efficacy of a second charge...

If service of a divorce petition on the respondent abroad is bad...

Reviews spell more change for litigators, says Richard Langley

Toby Frost examines the approaches that science fiction takes to the rule of law

Ian Smith reports on reasonable adjustments & frustration; normal working hours; & an employer’s duty to cough up for medical treatment

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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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