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Tim Spencer-Lane examines recent case law involving the community care responsibilities of local councils

Is the fairytale over for Brent Libraries, asks Nicholas Dobson

Keith Davies turns the spotlight onto a Thameside Tudor tiff

Nicholas Dobson follows the story of the Brent library closures

When can non-domestic rate demands be challenged ask Aidan Briggs
& Craig Barlow

Nicholas Dobson examines the Supreme Court’s decision in the Beesley barn saga

Will a Victorian statute prevent local councils selling off our museums & libraries to make ends meet? Paul Letman investigates

Alan Waller offers some tips on how to reduce the risk of inaccurate carbon reporting

Marc Weller reports on the Kosovo question & disputed statehood

Local authorities can’t afford to prioritise resources over the interests of those in care, says Nicholas Dobson

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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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