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Do states need to give express consent to waive their immunity where an arbitral award is made against it? Yes, according to a recent case discussed in this week’s NLJ by Masood Ahmed, associate professor, University of Leicester, and Osman Mohammed, BA political science and international relations, University of Birmingham

As the International Law Book Facility celebrates 20 years of supporting the rule of law across the world, Katrina Crossley reflects on its achievements—& looks to the future

Dr Ping-fat Sze is perplexed by the treatment of irrational prosecutorial decisions

The Supreme Court recently re-examined the dual criminality rule ‘in a judgment that is reckoned to have caused consternation within the US Department of Justice’, David Walbank KC, Red Lion Chambers, writes in this week’s NLJ

In two places at once? David Walbank KC considers requests for extradition & the double criminality rule

The Home Office will regain access to Europol DNA and criminal records, while export checks will be simplified for food, fish and farm products, under the UK-EU deal

Baroness Carr, the Lady Chief Justice, has set out a four-year programme of international work for the judiciary

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has amended professional regulations to permit foreign lawyers and law firms to practise in India on a reciprocal basis

Maurice Allen reflects on the enduring (& increasing) popularity of boutique firms

The Law Society has urged the government to renew discussions with India on legal services market access, following the signing of a historic free trade agreement (FTA)

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DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

Senior appointments in insurance services and commercial services announced

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Aviation disputes practice strengthened by London partner hire

Ellisons—Marion Knocker

Residential property lawyer promoted to partnership

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NLJ this week: Renters’ Rights revolution begins—brace for tribunal chaos

he 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

NLJ this week: Civil procedure gets a spring overhaul

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

NLJ this week: Why GP complaints are going nowhere

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

NLJ this week: Prenups meet a jurisdictional brick wall

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

NLJ this week: Has Rylands v Fletcher come back from the dead?

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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International

MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Ellisons—Marion Knocker