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Masood Ahmed provides guidance on taking evidence from non-parties in international arbitration

The rules on lawyers’ fees for private prosecutions are to be changed, following an inquiry prompted by the Post office cases

Staying proceedings & dispute resolution clauses, explored by Masood Ahmed

Six months’ arrears will do it; ‘There’s a sheriff calling’; MPS at CA; A bit of Brexit

NLJ columnist Stephen Gold has marriage on his mind, in this week’s ‘Civil Way’ column

Hands off companies; Hands off stock; Hands off house; Feet up for divorce

Post-Beckwith, John Gould provides an update on the regulation of conduct outside of practice

The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has published its recommended guideline hourly rates for solicitors, along with points for consultation

Former Magic Circle partner Ryan Beckwith’s successful appeal against a finding of misconduct has clarified the extent to which professional regulators can reach into a lawyer’s private life

Evictions repossessed; DJs rule, OK!; Insolvency traps; Default notice rewrite; Family agreement enforcement

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck

Partner and Manchester office lead appointed head of family

Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale

DWF insurance services director appointed to Civil Justice Council

R3—Jodie Wildridge

Kings Chambers barrister appointed chair of R3 Yorkshire

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NLJ this week: Renters’ Rights revolution begins—brace for tribunal chaos

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

NLJ this week: Civil procedure gets a spring overhaul

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

NLJ this week: Why GP complaints are going nowhere

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

NLJ this week: Prenups meet a jurisdictional brick wall

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

NLJ this week: Has Rylands v Fletcher come back from the dead?

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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Procedure & practice

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck

Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale

R3—Jodie Wildridge