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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7626

17 October 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

CompactGTL Ltd v Velocys plc and others; Velocys Inc v CompactGTL Ltd and another [2014] EWHC 2951 (Pat), [2014] All ER (D) 148 (Sep)

R (on the application of London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association and another) v Lord Chancellor [2014] EWHC 3020 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 145 (Sep)

Cranford Community College v Cranford College Ltd [2014] EWHC 2999 (IPEC), [2014] All ER (D) 146 (Sep)

Marley v Rawlings and another [2014] UKSC 51, [2014] All ER (D) 135 (Sep)

Mark Solon outlines the new guidance for experts in civil claims

Catherine Cameron suggests that only the paranoid survive

“Hague on Leasehold Enfranchisement is the leasehold bible”

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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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