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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7786

23 March 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

Caroline Shea QC & James Tipler consider the likely impact of a new pilot scheme on unopposed business lease renewal claims

Landlords’ gas safety duties—Stephanie Trotter puts the case for reform

Marc Weller assesses whether the recent events in Salisbury constitute a violation of international law

Legal aid lawyers are undervalued, underpaid & under pressure, as Jon Robins explains

David Burrows offers some insight on interim capital relief, precedent & the per incuriam exception

Giselle Davies & Ellis Pugh discuss how to handle liabilities outside your control

Nicholas Dobson explains why public authority officials exercising discretion must do more than simply endorse recommendations

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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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