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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7605

09 May 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

When can a court order made in financial proceedings upon divorce be invalidated? Sarah Hughes reports

What rights do claimants injured abroad have to sue insurers directly under the Motor Insurance Directives? Nicholas Bevan reports

Did the Court of Appeal’s refusal to allow a local authority’s housing possession order defeat the whole purpose of introductory tenancies? Nicholas Dobson reports

A constructive trust establishes beneficial interests in property, as Rupert Butler & Thomas Horton report

Tchenguiz and another v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2014] EWHC 1315 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 191 (Apr)

Re Olympus UK Ltd and others [2014] EWHC 1350 (Ch), [2014] All ER (D) 12 (May)

Pohotovost s. r. o. v Vašuta C-470/12, [2014] All ER (D) 31 (May)

Lyreco Belgium NV v Rogiers C-588/12, [2014] All ER (D) 32 (May)

Giles v The Royal National Institute for the Blind and others [2014] EWHC 1373 (Ch), [2014] All ER (D) 36 (May)

Gilchrist (as trustee of the J P Gilchrist 1993 Settlement) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2014] UKUT 0169 (TCC), [2014] All ER (D) 25 (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
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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