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Richard Harrison looks at the treatment of costs management in the Merrix case & finds some interesting parallels

New challenge for lease costs; Saturday, Bloody Saturday; sniffing out a judicial interview & the magic of land registry address.

If costs management is judged to trump detailed assessment, then the rush to fixed costs could be stopped, says Francis Kendall

Latest CPR update: the rest; no more meetings; & don’t discount a withdrawal.

Mark Button details research which will help to map & rank alternative justice systems for fraud

Vanishing claims; legal advisers get judgy; & managing incurred costs.

David Pilling records the contributions & discussion points from Jackson LJ’s Manchester roadshow

Francis Kendall considers the impact of the falling pound on costs awards to European litigants

    More paper for non-moles; destroying a buffet; & Court of Appeal fix

    PI claims: keep out!; Master Kay’s room & How to lose a £43K deposit

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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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