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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7730

20 January 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

There is no general principle that a child should be summarily returned where one parent moves them from their home to another place in England & Wales, says Claire Sanders

David Hewitt looks at a sad & maddening case from a hundred years ago

Daniel Lightman QC highlights how versatile ss 994 & 996 of the Companies Act 2006 can be for minority shareholders presenting an unfair prejudice petition

Mark Solon explores life in the clouds & explains why experts should expect a revolution

Caroline Shea QC examines the implications of the Pubs Code 2016

Athelstane Aamodt provides a media law update

Andrew Langdon QC sets out his aims & aspirations for his tenure as Chairman of the Bar 2017

 

Chris Syder & Eva Camus-Smith follow the fight against Modern Slavery

Prime minister confirms plans to leave single market & CJEU jurisdiction

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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
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
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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