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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7372

04 June 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Jennifer James on lies, damned lies & expenses claims

Susan Knox explores the role played by electronically stored information in contemporary legal practice

John Stacey-Hibbert believes staff are a firm's second greatest asset

News in brief

Susan Nash examines a variety of recent human rights cases

The draft Bribery Bill is a step in the right direction, say Justin Michaelson & Andrew Berkeley

Bank charge—Shares in subsidiary pledged to bank as security—Charterparty between parent charterer and shipowner exempting charterer’s subsidiaries from liability—Whether pledge to bank altering status of subsidiary in charterparty

Professional misconduct

News in brief

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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
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

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured £1.1m in its first use of an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO)

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
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