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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7586

29 November 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Case provides "salutory warnings" for solicitors, police & circuit judges

Are warrants worth the paper they’re written on, asks David Corker

Only half of Resolution poll respondents would consider alternatives to litigation

Deadline of 29 December to find insurance

New laws by EU at lowest level since 1979

Supreme Court justices unanimously dismiss appeal

Mitchell judge gives “clear message” on post-Jackson costs regime

First chief executive for Association of Costs Lawyers

Judicial review proceedings are launched against cap

Supreme Court provides further clarification on extradition

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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
The ex-wife of a Russian billionaire has won her bid to bring her financial relief claim in London, in a unanimous Court of Appeal decision
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