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Extradition must be fair, insists Geoffrey Bindman QC

Survivors of torture will suffer further due to legal aid cuts, says Piya Muqit

Geoffrey Bindman QC examines the law & politics of human rights

HLE blogger Charles Foster rails against the latest media attack on the Human Rights Act

Request for case to be re-opened rejected by Grand Chamber Panel

Keith Patten considers the liability of the police

The use of indeterminate prison sentences breaches inmates’ human rights, the European Court of Human Rights has unanimously ruled.

The Nicklinson case confirms the supremacy of Parliament, says Seamus Burns

Roger Smith rounds up recent human rights developments

Geoffrey Bindman QC recalls how law destroyed the slave trade

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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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