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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7719

21 October 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of Soma Oil and Gas Ltd) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2016] EWHC 2471 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 68 (Oct)

Latest CPR update; patently boring; MIAM change.

How can the “conscious uncoupling” of the EU & UK legal systems be achieved, ask Charles Brasted & Andrew Eaton

Kate Molan reviews helpful new guidance to protect the anonymity of children in the family courts

After Lord Mansfield’s judgment: whatever happened to James Somerset, asks LW Blake​

Post Panama Papers & pre-Brexit: how can we encourage corporate lawyers to behave with integrity, asks Dr Tony Harvey

Spar Shipping AS v Grand China Logistics Holding (Group) Co. Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 982, [2016] All ER (D) 67 (Oct)

Niken Construction Ltd v Trigram Carver Street Ltd [2016] EWHC 2232 (TCC), [2016] All ER (D) 66 (Oct)

Turner and another v Alno UK Ltd UKEAT/0349/15/DA, [2016] All ER (D) 65 (Oct)

Nicholas Dobson considers proportionality surrounding eviction from private lettings

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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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