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Issue: Vol 174, Issue 8078

05 July 2024
IN THIS ISSUE

Juries capture the imaginations of film-makers and philosophers alike. What happens when prejudice creeps in? Can you guarantee fairness? What if a juror goes rogue?

Love Actually star Hugh Grant drew attention to CPR, Pt 36 settlements recently when he tweeted his frustrations regarding his own case against News Group Newspapers, which has now settled

Several Conservatives came a cropper when they placed their bets on the date of the 2024 general election

Some errors are small and forgivable, but whether this is so may depend on the judge

It started with a package holiday buffet and ended with a valuable lesson on the fairness of cross-examination in international arbitration

It’s 50 years since the 1974 Finer Report of the Committee on One-Parent Families, so what has been achieved?

Fines for solicitors who break the rules would rise, under Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) proposals unveiled last week

A first-tier tribunal judge conducted the procedure of an appeal with ‘substantial unfairness such that the outcome cannot stand’, the Court of Appeal has held

The Law Society has hit out at Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) proposals to raise the Compensation Fund levy by 200% for individuals (from £30 to £90) and by 233% for firms (from £660 to £2,220)

The National Crime Agency (NCA) erred in law by not investigating whether cotton imports from Xinjiang, China were the products of forced labour, the Court of Appeal has held

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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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