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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7470

15 June 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Thomas Guise solicitors has appointed Rosie Cockrell to the position of solicitor following her successful completion of the legal practitioners course.

The Queen has approved the appointment of The Right Honourable Sir (Roger) John Laugharne Thomas as president of the Queen’s Bench Division with effect from 3 October 2011.

Eversheds has announced that it will expand in Hamburg in October 2011, building on its full service offering in Germany.

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP has made two promotions to its equity partnership: Richard Burger and Alison Clarke.

Dominic Regan salutes the welcome return of Part 36

Craig Barlow & Jason Hadden question the government’s blanket ban on prisoner voting

David Renton examines how the Working Time Regulations apply to mobile workers

Are Kate & William out of step with the majority of today’s couples? Charlotte Posnansky reports

Kenneth Warner examines causation & industrial disease

Christopher Warenius ponders the nature of expert determinations

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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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