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In Justice Week, David Greene shows how the crisis in crime is reflected to particular areas of practice in civil justice

Legal challenges to solicitors’ bills seem set to increase, says Richard Langley

Those who disapprove of funders need to appreciate that providing access to justice (albeit at a price) is laudable, says Dominic Regan

What authority does the government have to limit the participation of pension funds in political campaigns, asks Geoffrey Bindman QC

Steve Hynes welcomes the Labour party’s commitment to widening access to justice & hopes the government will track back from LASPO

Roger Smith questions why the triage process, vital for the success of the online court modernisation programme, has gone AWOL

It is time for ministers to join the judiciary in recognising the realities of family life in 2018, says Graeme Fraser

Does solicitor-facilitated investment fraud threaten to undermine confidence in the profession, asks Christopher Burt

John Gould delves into the details behind EY’s acquisition of Riverview Law: all hot air, or law firms beware?

The adverse costs rule as well as Brexit may help push litigation work overseas, says Craig Arnott

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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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