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A claimant who launches litigation is expected to get on with it…pronto. Dominic Regan explains why below

The variety of application of the laws of contempt are explained by David Burrows in the first of two articles on contempt in court

Dominic Regan discusses the pendulum swing towards judicial intolerance

Francis Kendall discusses the potential transformation of the justice system through fixed recoverable costs

Julia Messervy-Whiting & Sofia Lobosco outline the importance of compliance with court orders, directions and CPR

    New possession ground; agent loses £42K commission; suspended by taxman; & a casual mistake

    Will the English courts still be top choice post-Brexit, asks Jonathan Harris QC

    Defamatory guts; blame the accountant; & wretched costs

    The government must act soon to protect London as a litigation hub, says Ed Crosse

    Steven Davies heralds the introduction of the electronic bill of costs

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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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