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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7458

24 March 2011
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In his article, (NLJ, 25 February 2011, p 269), Peter Thompson QC suggests that McKenzie Friends are in trouble...

The credit crunch has hit the farming industry as hard as any other sector and the industry’s financial recovery has been hampered by ever-more exacting banking requirements...

Parliament should tread carefully when considering calls to reform TUPE regulations, say Chris Bryden & Michael Salter

Robert Hines explores the thorny issue of pre-marital agreements & a foreign national’s right to apply for financial relief

Jon Holbrook considers recent case law on possession claims that could cause untold harm to social housing

Beware the consequences of ignoring capacity & unwittingly discriminating, says Richard Adkinson

Andrew Woods reports on the vexed issue of split premises

Tom Robinson & Conor Quigley QC provide a guide through the maze of competition & media plurality

Donald Cran investigates the Protection of Freedoms Bill

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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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