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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7366

23 April 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Temple Legal Protection Ltd v QBE Insurance (Europe) Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 453, [2009] All ER

Jones v Whippey [2009] EWCA Civ 452, [2009] All ER (D) 91 (Apr)

Back Page Review

Green Book launch marks a decade of the Woolf Reforms

Keith Patten reflects on an employer's duty of care; obvious risks, and the duty to warn

Ratcliffe should be compulsory reading for all family practitioners. David Burrows explains why

News in brief

John Summers & Elizabeth Fitzgerald consider the impact of Ofulue

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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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