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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7721

04 November 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Tortious claims against parent companies examined by Bill Davies

Privacy International v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and others [2016] UKIPTrib 15_110-CH, [2016] All ER (D) 147 (Oct)

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Zombory-Moldovan (trading as Craft Carnival) T-693/15, [2016] All ER (D) 182 (Oct)

The Scottish “named person” service is unlawful, says Nicholas Dobson

Premier Motorauctions Ltd (in liquidation) and another v Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP and another [2016] EWHC 2610 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 154 (Oct)

Webber v Department for Education [2016] EWHC 2519 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 153 (Oct)

R (on the application of Ahmed) [2016] EWCA Civ 303, [2016] All ER (D) 232 (Mar)

Pension relief for bankrupts; Suspended order shock; Family non-disclosure; Insolvency Rules found

Lawyers need to go beyond the bounds of orthodox thinking, says Bryan Greetham

Helen Bell examines the overlap between personal injury & employment law claims from a practical perspective

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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
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

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

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
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