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In this week’s NLJ, Neil Parpworth, of Leicester De Montfort Law School, looks at trespass on the field of play. It’s just not cricket! 
Pitch invaders beware: Neil Parpworth examines the aggravated trespass offence on the field of play
MLex has published a new special report entitled ‘Find your way to the future’, reviewing the regulatory trends in the rollout of electric and self-driving vehicles around the world, as well as debates and legal issues over related intellectual property and data privacy of connected cars. 
Douglas Maxwell looks to the year ahead & examines what more can be done to level up building safety
What does the year ahead hold for building safety regulations? Secretary of State Michael Gove spoke tough words in January when he told those who mis-sold dangerous products such as cladding or insulation: ‘We are coming for you.’
High-spirited but ticketless football fans stormed the stadium for this year’s Euro 2020 Final (delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic)―a moment of national embarrassment! Why did it happen, and what protection did the stewards have?
David Mayor & Alastair Gillespie discuss the breadth of the liability net for claims regarding safeguarding & duty of care in sport
A Building Safety Regulator would oversee construction of buildings higher than 18 metres, in a major overhaul of high-rise safety
The legal & regulatory landscape surrounding automated vehicles is taking shape: David Mason considers the questions still to be answered
The Justice Committee has started to investigate how the laws designed to limit the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) have worked in practice and how they might be improved going forward. 
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton

Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton

Chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers joins as partner

Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan

Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan

Group names Shakespeare Martineau partner head of Sheffield office

Blake Morgan—four promotions

Blake Morgan—four promotions

Four legal directors promoted to partner across UK offices

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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