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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7383

03 September 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Louise Spitz ponders the role of family law in winning voters’ hearts & minds

William Flenley hopes civil law reform will sit high on the government’s agenda

Denton Wilde Sapte has signed an exclusive deal to send all of its future trainees to the College of Law.

Maximum rates for experts and cuts to criminal work among proposed changes

Is Public Law still public? asks Krishnendu Mukherjee

The new chairman of the Law Commission was announced today by the Lord Chancellor.

Doughty Street Chambers announces the opening of its office in Manchester with four young new members;

Property prices are affecting FDR payouts, Thomas Duggins finds

Clark v Lucas Solicitors serves as a timely warning for conveyancing solicitors say Mark Sefton & Oliver Radley-Gardner

Peter Vaines foresees that putting a foot wrong could land taxpayers in trouble

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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
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
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
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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