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A genuine and comprehensive Bill of Rights is a distant prospect, says Geoffrey Bindman

Thom Dyke laments a decade of lost opportunities for constitutional reform and legislative change

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

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

News in brief

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

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Switalskis—Sally Ann Masih, Suzy Overton & Jane Beaumont

Switalskis—Sally Ann Masih, Suzy Overton & Jane Beaumont

Trio of recruits strengthens Switalskis residential property team

Ward Hadaway—Steven Hayward

Ward Hadaway—Steven Hayward

Birmingham law firm appoints construction partner

Flint Bishop—six appointments

Flint Bishop—six appointments

Flint Bishop accelerates Northern growth through strategic senior appointments

NEWS
A High Court decision has clarified that a home may be unfit for human habitation not only where conditions endanger health or safety, but also where they seriously undermine comfort and convenience

A longer time limit for employment tribunal claims, new charity law thresholds, property tribunal recruitment and appellate guidance on small-claims costs feature in the latest Civil Way round-up

A recent High Court ruling could make issue estoppel considerably more complex in cross-border litigation, requiring parties to consider the foreign law governing the underlying claim
The Supreme Court has overturned Cheshire West’s bright-line test for deprivation of liberty, replacing it with a broader, more contextual assessment that gives greater weight to an individual’s wishes, feelings and apparent consent
Jonathan Fisher KC’s wide-ranging fraud report contains worthwhile proposals, but turning them into workable reform will require money, capacity and political will
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