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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7286

16 August 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

Ensuring the good governance of sports while keeping them autonomous is an unenviable task. Mike Morgan reports

In brief

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Morina [2007] EWCA Civ 749, [2007] All ER (D) 353 (Jul)

Richard Harrison suggests ways in which barristers can ensure repeat instructions from solicitors

R v El-Kurd [2007] EWCA Crim 1888, [2007] All ER (D) 424 (Jul)

R v Cole; R v Keets [2007] EWCA Crim 1924, [2007] All ER (D) 472 (Jul)

Barnes v St Helens MBC [2006] EWCA Civ 1372, [2007] 3 All ER 525

Re Times Newspapers Ltd [2007] EWCA Crim 1925, [2007] All ER (D) 473 (Jul)

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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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