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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7821

14 December 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

NLJ's Charities Appeals Supplement and Directory continues to help develop fundraising revenue streams for charities through legacies, corporate support and donation.

​Michael Nash explores how far the customs & conventions of the Royal Family have evolved

Dominic Regan returns to round up the best bottles at the most pleasing prices on the shelves this holiday season

​Social media is increasingly the shop window for law firms and barristers’ chambers—but is it a ‘monumental waste of time’ or a ‘golden opportunity’ to set out their stall? Grania Langdon-Down reports

Invoice assignment bar goes; disbursementless bills; no child support, no passport; latest service charge wars

​In his December brief Ian Smith rounds off the year & leaves a few treats underneath the Christmas tree

With smaller firms still dragging their feet when it comes to new technology, Roger Smith provides a word of warning: keep looking over your shoulder

PM stands ready to deliver on Brexit, if she gets backing in leadership campaign

Time to take a strategic approach to social media

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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
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
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
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
The ex-wife of a Russian billionaire has won her bid to bring her financial relief claim in London, in a unanimous Court of Appeal decision
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