header-logo header-logo

THIS ISSUE
Card image

Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7619

15 August 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter consider whether obesity is a disability

Family practitioners must always have one eye on the court’s overriding objective, says Ed Heaton

Susan Bright & Lisa Whitehouse report on attempts to improve the eviction process

Tidal Energy Ltd v Bank of Scotland plc [2014] EWCA Civ 1107, [2014] All ER (D) 33 (Aug)

Re W (Children) [2014] EWFC 22, [2014] All ER (D) 25 (Aug)

DSD and another v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2014] EWHC 2493 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 18 (Aug)

Wagenaar v Weekend Travel Ltd trading as Ski Weekend [2014] EWCA Civ 1105, [2014] All ER (D) 24 (Aug)

R (on the applicaton of Buer) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 1109, [2014] All ER (D) 20 (Aug)

Hernández and others v Reino de España (Subdelegación del Gobierno de España en Alicante) and others C-198/13, [2014] All ER (D) 16 (Aug)

JXL and another v Britton [2014] EWHC 2571 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 22 (Aug)

Show
10
Results
Results
10
Results

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
back-to-top-scroll