THIS ISSUE
Thorner v Major and others [2009] UKHL 18, [2009] All ER (D) 257 (Mar)
Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage
Lansat Shipping Co v Glencore Grain BV [2009] EWHC 551 (Comm), [2009] All ER (D) 247 (Mar)
Jenny Pattison on letters of intent in the construction industry
Employment
Deborah Edwards reports on limitation and constructive knowledge in industrial disease claims
Paul Harris & Alasdair Mackenzie discuss fresh claims & foreign cases
Profession
Civil Funding
News In Brief
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Hugh James—Phil Edwards
Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire
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Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe
Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire
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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