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Dr David Hewitt is a highly respected and prolific writer on mental health, incapacity, and related law.

HLE blogger Charles Foster examines the emotive issue of the withdrawal of artificial nutrition & hydration from patients

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary, by Roderick Ramage

HLE blogger Simon Hetherington examines the latest controversial decision of the ECtHR in light of plans to reform the court

HLE blogger Felicity Gerry takes a critical look at the investigation surrounding the deaths at Gleison Colliery

James Wilson considers Lord Denning’s most perfectly crafted judgment

For reasons which remain unclear the Ministry of Justice rushed in the Family Procedure Rules 2010 in such a way that back-up practice directions and forms were coming off the legislative press as the rules came into operation.

Following the recent introduction of the Family Procedure Rules (FPR) in April 2011, this book is a timely publication, intended as a guide for the practitioner through the new rules, including helpful tips and highlighting the differences between the new rules and the old.

HLE blogger Timothy Pitt-Payne QC presents his policy paper on employment vetting

Is Howell v Lees-Millais the most cursed case of the century, wonders Dominic Regan

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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