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Is the Commercial Court striking back? asks Khawar Qureshi QC

Marc Beaumont questions the legality of SRA investigations and adjudications

RECOVERY OF LOST CONTRACTUAL BENEFITS

Low copy number DNA analysis should only be dangerous for the guilty, says Charles Foster

Phillips v Symes [2008] UKHL 1, [2008] All ER (D) 152 (Jan)

West Midlands Probation Board v Sutton Coldfield Magistrates’ Court [2008] EWHC 15 (Admin), [2008] All ER (D) 03 (Jan)

Harassment Claims

The issues raised in R v. Cambell need to be reviewed by the House of Lords, says Adrian Keane

The judicial arm of the House of Lords is still on course to be transmuted into the Supreme Court of the UK in October 2009.

Science in the red zone, by Tom Magner

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NLJ Career Profile: Francis Ho, City of London Law Society

Francis Ho, Charles Russell Speechlys partner, was recently appointed chair of the Construction Law Committee of the City of London Law Society. He discusses the challenges of learning to lead, the importance of professional ethics, and the power of the written word, withNLJ

Slater Heelis—Chester office

North West presence strengthened with Chester office launch

Cooke, Young & Keidan—Elizabeth Meade

Firm grows commercial disputes expertise with partner promotion

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Solicitors’ regulator sanctioned for failures

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) must overhaul its complaints and risk assessment processes to fix ‘systemic shortcomings’, the Legal Services Consumer Panel has said

Collective actions at ‘critical juncture’

The opt-out collective actions regime is facing ‘significant challenges’ but could benefit the UK by £24bn a year if enhanced and expanded, a report by Stephenson Harwood has found

Full review of county court rejected

Ministers have rejected the Justice Committee review’s key recommendation for the ailing county court system—an ‘urgent and comprehensive’ review by spring at the latest

Firms weigh up post-Mazur tactics

Firms preparing to mount Mazur applications alleging the other side has acted in breach of the Legal Services Act 2007 may be left disappointed, the Law Society has said

More faulty Post Office software convictions referred

The first Post Office Capture conviction—the accounting software used before the faulty Horizon system—has been referred for appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC)

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Legal services

MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Francis Ho, City of London Law Society

Slater Heelis—Chester office

Cooke, Young & Keidan—Elizabeth Meade