Tim Spencer-Lane

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Tim Spencer-Lane, lawyer, Law Commission. (tim.spencer-lane@lawcommission.gsi.gov.uk; www.lawcom.gov.uk)

Lawyer

Tim Spencer-Lane, lawyer, Law Commission. (tim.spencer-lane@lawcommission.gsi.gov.uk; www.lawcom.gov.uk)

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Tim Spencer-Lane reports on a ground-breaking Mental Health Bill

Tim Spencer-Lane provides an overview of the Law Commission’s review of the deprivation of liberty safeguards

"Dementia law therefore continues to be in a state of flux but this book provides an authoritative overview of the current state of play"

Challenging a local authority on procedural grounds can prove difficult, as Tim Spencer-Lane reports

Tim Spencer-Lane highlights some of the faultlines in the Mental Capacity Act

Tim Spencer-Lane examines recent case law involving the community care responsibilities of local councils

Tim Spencer-Lane breaks down the consultation on health care regulation

Tim Spencer-Lane locks down the flaws of the DOLS

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DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

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NLJ this week: DNA evidence—justice on ice?

In this week's NLJ, Steven Ball of Red Lion Chambers unpacks how advances in forensic science finally unmasked Ryland Headley, jailed in 2025 for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. Preserved swabs and palm prints lay dormant for decades until DNA-17 profiling produced a billion-to-one match

NLJ this week: Fraud claims climb as courts brace for AI threats

Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes

NLJ this week: Pro bono power without the red tape

Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: Trans pool player loses discrimination fight

Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: Traders’ convictions quashed in Libor shock

The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement

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Tim Spencer-Lane

MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan