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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7487

27 October 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Deborah Evans takes a critical look at the proposals in the Legal Aid Bill

Ian Smith checks out the latest disputes in the world of employment law

Roger Smith rounds up some recent reviews & awards in the legal world

Is it time for a law-making revolution, asks Stephen Levinson

Laura Devine navigates UK business immigration

HLE blogger Sir Geoffrey Bindman examines the debate over a free press

Parties must nail their evidential colours to the mast, observes David Burrows

Susan Nash rounds up the latest human rights developments

Lista Cannon & Ian Pegram note the important lessons to emerge from the FSA’s recent activity

Trevor Tayleur analyses confusing case law surrounding the direct effect of EU Directives

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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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