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A new chapter in legal history began today, 1 October 2009, when the new Supreme Court of the UK opened for business.

A senior judge has warned that the new Supreme Court will be more powerful than the House of Lords appellate committee.

The Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 (PSA 2009) received Royal Assent on 21 July 2009. It is a short piece of legislation consisting of a mere 15 sections and three schedules.

Is Public Law still public? asks Krishnendu Mukherjee

Kenneth Warner examines the ex turpi causa non oritur actio principle

The old saying that hard cases make bad law is one is not always true is a recent case in the Privy Council demonstrates in a laudable effort to do justice to a litigant in person the Privy Council (Lords Mance and Neuberger and Sir Jonathan Parker) appear to have extended the application of res ipsa loquitor.

Ministers condemned for avoiding essential Parliamentary scrutiny & accountability

Jeremy Nixon ponders the trickle-down effect of the MPs’ expenses scandal

CDA 1998, s 34 abolished the defence for children aged 10 or over

Geraldine Morris on calls for a major transformation of divorce laws

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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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