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Some criminal advocates only change their speeches to the jury and some family legal aid counsel can only afford to change their shirts once a year

Patrick Allen calls for urgent investment in information technology for the civil courts’ system

Michael Zander QC considers an unusual judicial decision

Unless you are only just back from Mars or Stratford, you will be aware that general damages in personal injury tort cases are rising by 10% with effect from 1 April 2013

The unholy use & abuse of Pt 18 must come to an end, says Mary Blyth

Interpretation or application—is the Court of Appeal right, asks Paul Lasok QC

Pablo Cortés provides some thoughts on the proposed consumer ADR & ODR initiatives

Andy Cottle explains why baseball arbitration may fail to win over the Brits

Peter Whitman debates the pros & cons of selecting your own tribunal

Establishing the proper law of an arbitration agreement is key, says Khawar Qureshi QC

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton

Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton

Chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers joins as partner

Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan

Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan

Group names Shakespeare Martineau partner head of Sheffield office

Blake Morgan—four promotions

Blake Morgan—four promotions

Four legal directors promoted to partner across UK offices

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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