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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7420

03 June 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Depfa Bank plc v Provincia di Pisa; Dexia Crediop SpA v Provincia di Pisa [2010] EWHC 1148 (Comm), [2010] All ER (D) 231 (May)

OB (by his mother and litigation friend) v Aventis Pasteur SA [2010] UKSC 23, [2010] All ER (D) 242 (May)

Craftrule Ltd v 41-60 Albert Palace Mansions (Freehold) Ltd [2010] EWHC 1230 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 267 (May)

AT (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; JK (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 567, [2010] All ER (D) 233 (May)

Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2010] EWCA Civ 571, [2010] All ER (D) 247 (May)

Offshore law firms Mourant and Ozannes have merged to create Mourant Ozannes.

Jonathan Poole has joined Temple Bright.

Sana Bibi and Timothy Wait have been made partners at Anthony Gold.

Eversheds has appointed five new partners in global operations.

Is this the beginning of the end of law as we know it? asks Ian Jones

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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
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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