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Roger Smith casts an eye over the comings & goings in the legal world

The government needs to review its case against judicial review, says Jon Robins

Richard Harrison criticises the over-simplistic approach to costs management

David Greene predicts where the main areas of dispute will arise as a result of the civil litigation shake up

The inability to afford expert evidence will impact complex family cases warns Cara Nuttall
 

The worst is yet to come for the legal profession, warns Patrick Allen

What can private law offer the victims of the concealment of poor medical standards? Max Weaver investigates

Francesca Kaye & Mary Hodgson offer some hope for solicitors pursued for breach of trust

Does body weight influence perceptions of responsibility, asks Anita Killeen

What is the motive behind legal apprenticeships, asks Geoffrey Bindman 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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