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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7540

29 November 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Prest v Prest overturns 30 years of family case law, says Craig Rose

Is ENE the key to resolving dilapidations disputes, asks Martin Burns

Cometh the autumn: cometh the lecture, says Roger Smith

Survivors of torture will suffer further due to legal aid cuts, says Piya Muqit

District Judge Gordon Ashton examines capacity & the courts, through the pages of Atkin’s Court Forms

Sarah Johnson concludes that the devil will be in the detail of employee owner contracts

What do property owners expect of flood risk assessments, asks David Mole

Alec Samuels examines the arguments for and against fencing common land

Alec Samuels examines the trials & tribulations of the second wife

Louis Flannery concludes his analysis of Berezovsky v Abramovich

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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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