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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7513

10 May 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Tim Lawson-Cruttenden suggests an Olympian counter-anarchy strategy

Richard Chapman raises the alarm over county court counter closures

Eighty years on, Keith Patten traces the legacy of Donoghue v Stevenson

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter consider tactics for the recovery of costs in employment cases

Ancillary relief v confiscation proceedings: what takes priority, asks Sarah Wood

It is impossible to draw a line under boundary disputes, discovers Jonathan Fowles

Back where we started & bankruptcy blows

Ahmad and others v United Kingdom (App Nos 24027/07, 11949/08, 36742/08, 66911/09 and 67354/09) [2012] All ER (D) 148 (Apr)

AA (Somalia) v Entry Clearance officer (Addis Ababa) [2012] EWCA Civ 563, [2012] All ER (D) 06 (May)

R (on the application of Gallastegui) v Westminster City Council [2012] EWHC 1123 (Admin), [2012] All ER (D) 144 (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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