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Public bodies received 83,041 freedom of information (FoI) requests last year—an increase of 18%—according to the annual FoI statistics for 2024, released last week
Privacy or freedom of expression? Mark Pawlowski surveys the laws covering gossip & scandal
As events in the US bring classified documents out of the shadows, Athelstane Aamodt shines a light on government secrecy
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is to prioritise complaints made under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) where there is significant public interest. 

Former New Zealand Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has been confirmed as the new Information Commissioner

Sir Cliff’s victory will not end the tug of war between press freedom & the rights of individuals, says Athelstane Aamodt

Nicholas Dobson analyses freedom of information & commercial interests

Tom Morrison returns with a review of the world of information law

David Greene is wary of the new Lord Chancellor

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck

Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck

Partner and Manchester office lead appointed head of family

Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale

Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale

DWF insurance services director appointed to Civil Justice Council

R3—Jodie Wildridge

R3—Jodie Wildridge

Kings Chambers barrister appointed chair of R3 Yorkshire

NEWS

The 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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