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08 June 2017 / Dr Jon Robins
Issue: 7749 / Categories: Opinion , Legal services
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Promises, promises…an encore (Pt 4)

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Jon Robins returns with some surprising news from UKIP & a justice update from Plaid Cymru & the Lib Dems

Here is a question for a legal pub quiz: which political party promised to repeal the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) in the 2017 general election?

NLJ readers who have followed articles on the manifesto commitments of the main political parties over the last month (see links below) might, through a process of elimination, make an informed guess. The startling answer is UKIP. 
In this the last manifesto review, I look at the election promises of the smaller political parties. We sent out a short questionnaire to the parties asking for their views on the burning issues for lawyers as we approached Thursday’s poll including the personal-injury reforms; the desirability of late-night courts; access to justice and legal aid; and their views on the Human Rights Act.

A singular vision

Last week Paul Nuttall launched his party’s singular vision for the future featuring manifesto commitments to

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

Senior appointments in insurance services and commercial services announced

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Aviation disputes practice strengthened by London partner hire

Ellisons—Marion Knocker

Ellisons—Marion Knocker

Residential property lawyer promoted to partnership

NEWS
he 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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