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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7511

24 April 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

David Greene explores the gaps in the LASPO Bill

The coalition’s reforms to the tribunal system will impair justice, insists David Renton

The LSLA’s first female president Francesca Kaye considers the interest surrounding her appointment

Charles Pigott explains how & why age can be a case apart

What do children cases actually decide, asks Simon Johnson

Patrick Allen sums up the current approach to the discount or enhancement of damages

Susan Nash provides an update on the latest human rights controversies

Paola Fudakowska & Henrietta Mason provide a wills & probate update

Clive Sheldon QC debates the pros & cons of retrospective tax legislation

Re Erskine Trust [2012] EWHC 732 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 03 (Apr)

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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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