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Reforming the House of Lords: a constitutional quagmire? By Mark Ryan

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW— SEPARATION OF POWERS— SEPARATION OF POWERS BETWEEN EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY

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Khawar Qureshi QC considers the changing role of the attorney general

Commencement orders: a lifetime of achievement, by Nicholas Hancox

Has the government struck the right balance between the freedom of smokers and the welfare of non-smokers? Neil Allen reports

The recent failure to reform the creaking Abortion Act should worry both pro-and anti-abortion lawyers, says Charles Foster

Arnup has clarified how courts approach fatal accident claims, says Robert Weir

Effective policing, not repressive legislation, has saved the country in the past, says Geoffrey Bindman

The government needs to practise what it preaches on torture, says Geoffrey Bindman

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Druces LLP—Daniel Lloyd

Druces LLP—Daniel Lloyd

Corporate and commercial team welcomes technology specialist as partner

Birketts—Michael Conway

Birketts—Michael Conway

IP partner joins team in Bristol to lead branding and trade marks practice

Spector Constant & Williams—Anna Christou

Spector Constant & Williams—Anna Christou

Real estate finance practice announces partner appointment

NEWS
The extension of fixed recoverable costs (FRC) from low-value personal injury to most civil cases worth up to £100,000 ‘is failing to deliver what it promised’, the Law Society has warned
Bar campaigns will focus on protecting juries, legal aid and children’s rights in the year ahead with a working group already looking into the age of criminal responsibility, chair Kirsty Brimelow KC has said
Richard Orpin has been appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of the Legal Services Board (LSB), which oversees all nine legal regulators
Workers will be given day-one rights to parental leave in April, the government has confirmed
Lord Sales has become deputy president, and Lord Doherty a justice, at the Supreme Court. Both were sworn in this week at a ceremony conducted by the court’s president Lord Reed in Courtroom One
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