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Issue: Vol 169, Issue 7831

08 March 2019
IN THIS ISSUE

That bereaved families have so little hope of obtaining legal aid for inquests is indicative of the UK’s broken system, says Jonathan Wheeler

In this month’s employment brief, Ian Smith examines the long shadow cast by the infamous ‘gay cake case’ & takes a look at some exceptions to the unfair dismissal rule

Aziz Rahman considers the implications of a possible increase in the use of unexplained wealth orders by enforcement agencies

In the first of a two-part series, Rawdon Crozier investigates ‘the Housing Act trap’…& plots a potential escape

Mark Pawlowski asks whether there is a duty to disclose the gruesome history of a house on the sale of a property

New CPR updates; pleading shorthand blessed; week’s pay fattened up; (no) time to pay.

In the first part of a series of three articles, Simon Parsons investigates judicial review of executive action

Geoffrey Bindman reflects on the life & career of Lord Birkenhead

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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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