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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7310

28 February 2008
IN THIS ISSUE

S v DPP [2008] All ER (D) 119 (Feb)

Expandable v Rubin [2008] EWCA Civ 59, [2008] All ER (D) 148 (Feb)

Definitive sentencing guidelines have been issued by the Sentencing Guidelines Council in respect of Assault and Other Offences Against the Person and Assaults on Children and Cruelty to a Child

R (on the application of Strickson) v Preston County Court [2007] EWCA Civ 1132, [2008] All ER (D) 269 (Feb)

R v Taylor [2008] All ER (D) 272 (Feb)

Allison v London Underground Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 71, [2008] All ER (D) 185 (Feb)

Laskar v Laskar [2008] All ER (D) 104 (Feb)

Piggott v DPP [2008] All ER (D) 114 (Feb)

R (D) v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [2008] All ER (D) 197 (Feb)

Halabi v Camden London Borough Council [2008] All ER (D) 213 (Feb)

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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
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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