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In the first part of a series of three articles, Simon Parsons investigates judicial review of executive action

Excusable delays should be ‘measured in weeks’

Unforeseen costs can be unavoidable, but amending a budget upwards is no easy task, as Patrick Allen & Riffat Yaqub explain

Many a day in court is akin to a circus, & it’s up to the judge to be the ringmaster, says Dominic Regan

Nullity goes up; legal aid cuts no ice; homicide in Court of Appeal.

Jenna Coad & David O’Brien reflect on lessons from Giambrone & the award of non-party costs orders in a discretionary jurisdiction
Dominic Regan provides an updated cut out & keep guide to surviving sanctions

Beating the tardy defendant; new workers’ rights; Forced Backdate (not Backstop); success fees deaded

Francis Kendall shares some shocking statistics from the 2018 ACL conference survey

Chess masters & litigators have a lot in common as Giles Tagg reports

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

Senior appointments in insurance services and commercial services announced

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Aviation disputes practice strengthened by London partner hire

Ellisons—Marion Knocker

Ellisons—Marion Knocker

Residential property lawyer promoted to partnership

NEWS
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
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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