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Convention says no, but theoretically a life or hereditary life peer could become prime minister, as Alec Samuels explains

The impact of Brexit, the outcome of the latest Jackson costs review and taming the “monster” of e-disclosure are of critical importance if the UK is to retain its standing as the dominant legal centre.

Today’s ‘Luddites’ need to find imaginative & effective solutions to opposing change, says Geoffrey Bindman

Theo Huckle QC compares & contrasts the public safety policy agendas of administrations in Westminster & Wales

Michael L Nash continues the story of the birth of the House of Windsor

Are we in constitutional chaos pending Brexit negotiations? Neil Parpworth consults The Cabinet Manual for advice

Could the way in which Vote Leave used its NHS funding pledge during the EU referendum campaign amount to the offence of treason felony?

In the run up to the General Election, Athelstane Aamodt explains how the Election Court operates

Neil Parpworth considers the constitutional implications of the usage of the powers contained within the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011

In its centenary year, Michael L Nash reflects on the birth of the House of Windsor

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

Senior appointments in insurance services and commercial services announced

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Aviation disputes practice strengthened by London partner hire

Ellisons—Marion Knocker

Ellisons—Marion Knocker

Residential property lawyer promoted to partnership

NEWS
he abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC
Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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