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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7552

13 March 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Dominic Regan averts panic with a Jackson to-do list!

Diversity has been a popular topic with the profession, notes Roger Smith

Ian Smith studies the stories making employment law headlines

Is there a route to justice for victims of internet libel, asks Peter Thompson QC

Anna Heenan examines the implications of the latest in a long line of inherited assets cases

Karen O’Sullivan provides an update on cases involving breach of duty & non-tortious causes

How should rent repayment sanctions be applied where a landlord runs unlicensed houses in multiple occupation? James Driscoll reports

Tesla Motors Ltd and another v British Broadcasting Corporation [2013] EWCA Civ 152, [2013] All ER (D) 16 (Mar)

Bush and another v King [2013] All ER (D) 23 (Mar)

R (on the application of Association of Personal Injury Lawyers) v Secretary of State for Justice [2013] All ER (D) 11 (Mar)

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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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