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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7609

06 June 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

David Greene ponders the benefits of adopting a less adversarial & more international approach to litigation

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter discuss presidential guidance

Natasha Phillips underlines the importance of mortgage capacity assessments in divorce proceedings

Does parliamentary privilege extend to the extra-parliamentary repetition of evidence previously given before a select committee? Neil Parpworth reports

Ian Gascoigne & Nicola Daniels consider international dimensions to the service conundrum

Agreeing extensions, save ££££££s online & consumers growing stronger

Groarke v Fontaine [2014] EWHC 1676 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 186 (May)

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Winnington Networks Ltd and another company [2014] EWHC 1259 (Ch), [2014] All ER (D) 207 (May)

R (on the application of Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2014] EWCA Civ 708, [2014] All ER (D) 212 (May)

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v TH and another [2014] EWCOP 4, [2014] All ER (D) 209 (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
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
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
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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