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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7431

02 September 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

All practitioners—claimant and defendant—should appreciate the new professional negligence trap set by Gibbon...

Jack Straw took the opportunity of his retirement from Labour’s front bench to publicise his forthcoming memoirs...

Sarah Johnson analyses employees gagging for a pay discussion

Why pensions merit attention throughout a divorce, explains Caroline Wright

Oil extraction & the Pointe Gourde principle: Mark Sefton & Oliver Radley-Gardner report

Kenneth Warner highlights the courts’ reluctance to invoke a duty of care for unconventional forms of damage

Julian Miller & Tom Pangbourne assess the dangers of tax avoidance schemes

Re D (statutory will) [2010] EWHC 2159 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 102 (Aug)

R (on the application of B) v Islington London Borough Council [2010] All ER (D) 97 (Aug)

R (on the application of B) v Islington London Borough Council [2010] All ER (D) 97 (Aug)

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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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