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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7611

20 June 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Tom Walker & Phillip D’Costa review the status of LLP members

Can inherited wealth be claimed by a non-inheriting spouse when a couple split up? Margaret Hatwood investigates

Does the current housing possession process provide effective access to justice? Susan Bright & Lisa Whitehouse report

Dan Tench assesses the implications of the right to be forgotten ruling in Google Spain

R (on the application of Church Commissioners for England) v Hampshire County Council and another [2014] EWCA Civ 634, [2014] All ER (D) 60 (Jun)

Re DE (a Child) [2014] EWFC 6, [2014] All ER (D) 72 (Jun)

Contrarian Funds Llc v Lomas and others Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (in Administration) [2014] EWHC 1687 (Ch), [2014] All ER (D) 65 (Jun)

Standard Bank Plc v EFAD Real Estate Company WLL and others [2014] EWHC 1834 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 57 (Jun)

Shergill and others v Khaira and others [2014] UKSC 33, [2014] All ER (D) 83 (Jun)

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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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