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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7615

18 July 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Henry Morton Jack discusses fatal accidents abroad

Henrietta Mason & Paola Fudakowska provide an update on disputed probate cases

Employers do not owe a duty to make reasonable adjustments for persons who are not disabled, says Spencer Keen

What price simplicity? Julie Man remains unconvinced by HMRC’s latest strategy

Richard Adkinson welcomes judicial guidance on the thorny issue of the quantum of damages for breach of contract

Emirates Trading Agency LLC v Prime Mineral Exports Private Ltd [2014] EWHC 2104 (Comm)

Smithton Ltd v Naggar [2014] EWCA Civ 939, [2014] All ER (D) 118 (Jul)

Ageas (UK) Ltd v Kwik-Fit (GB) Ltd and another [2014] EWHC 2178 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 60 (Jul)

Mabbutt (on his own behalf and on behalf of the Conservative Party) [2014] EWHC 2244 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 86 (Jul)

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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

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured £1.1m in its first use of an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO)

County court cases are speeding up, with the median time from claim to hearing 62 weeks for fast, intermediate and multi-track claims—5.4 weeks faster than last year
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