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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7496

11 January 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Tim Martin Interiors Ltd v Akin Gump LLP [2011] EWCA Civ 1574, [2012] All ER (D) 02 (Jan)

R (on the application of CJ) v Cardiff City Council [2011] EWCA Civ 1590, [2011] All ER (D) 156 (Dec)

Solomon v Cromwell Group plc; Oliver v Doughty [2011] EWCA Civ 1584, [2011] All ER (D) 148 (Dec)

Hutcheson (formerly known as WER) v Popdog Ltd (formerly known as REW) [2011] EWCA Civ 1580, [2011] All ER (D) 178 (Dec)

Spaceright Europe Ltd v Baillavoine and another [2011] EWCA Civ 1565, [2011] All ER (D) 106 (Dec)

London Underground Ltd v Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen [2011] EWHC 3506 (QB), [2011] All ER (D) 200 (Dec)

James Wilson on Ian Botham & Allan Lamb’s ill-fated libel trial

Jonathan Sumption QC has been sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court, joining ten of the most senior judges in the UK after a brief ceremony at the Parliament Square court building.

TPP Law has appointed employment law specialist, Gemma Brown.

The Commerce and Industry Group (C&I Group) has announced that Nina Barakzai is the new chair of the group.

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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
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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