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Electronic signatures are a valid alternative to handwritten signatures, the Law Commission has confirmed.

What are the current challenges for international commercial arbitration in London & beyond? Barry Fletcher reflects on some of the issues

The death of Emiliano Sala mid-transfer left a tangled web of contractual issues, writes Michael L Nash

It’s all to play for as Richard Marshall & Oliver Cooke run through an (almost) A to Z of sports law

Need to Brexit a contract? Lucy Pert & Adam Jacobs provide a plan

Jennifer Fox discusses a long-awaited decision, providing the latest interpretation of the illegality defence

In his roundup of the latest tax cases, Peter Vaines minds the GAAP, & ponders the difference between a car & a van

One size fits none. In the pursuit of compliance, HMRC has chosen to treat everyone like a tax cheat, says Peter Vaines
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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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