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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7644

13 March 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Roger Smith follows some figures of speech

Kate Molan & Lucy Cummin warn against increasing transparency in the family courts

Stephen Boyd tells a cautionary tale

Nicholas Griffin QC considers the future of the Goddard Inquiry into child sexual abuse

AFD Software Ltd v ZIP Address Ltd [2015] EWHC 453 (Ch), [2015] All ER (D) 30 (Mar)

Stevens v Equity Syndicate Management Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 93, [2015] All ER (D) 301 (Feb)

FSA Srl v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) T-558/13, [2015] All ER (D) 40 (Mar)

R (on the application of Catt) v Metropolitan Police Commissioner; R (on the application of T) v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [2015] UKSC 9, [2015] All ER (D) 31 (Mar)

Carlos Soto SAU and another v AP Møller-Maersk AS [2015] All ER (D) 28 (Mar), [2015] EWHC 458 (Comm)

R (on the application of Ben Hoare Bell Solicitors and others) v Lord Chancellor [2015] EWHC 523 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 19 (Mar)

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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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