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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7512

03 May 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Dominic Regan is alarmed by the undoing of the Jackson proposals

David Corker advocates removing the dishonesty element from the criminal cartel offence

Eugene Wojciechowski & Clare Arthurs predict how an Olympian summer could affect the workplace

Philip Waller traces the changing face of family law

Roger Harris follows the plight of personal injury claimants

Are future rents payable as an expense in administration, ask Adam Rosenthal & Joseph Ollech

Jamie Potter questions the “absolute” exemptions to disclosure under FIA 2000

Tom Deegan, Eric Lin & Bree Miechel highlight the legal considerations surrounding the growing investment in shale gas

R (on the application of Guardian News and Media Ltd) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court [2012] EWCA Civ 420, [2012] All ER (D) 18 (Apr)

Perenicova and another v SOS financ spol. s.r.o.: C-453/10, [2012] All ER (D) 99 (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
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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