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SUPREME RULES

08 February 2007
Issue: 7259 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Constitutional law
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In brief

Lord Bingham, the senior law lord, has launched a consultation on the rules governing practice and procedure in the new Supreme Court, which is due to begin work in October 2009. Interested parties can view the documents online at www.parliament.uk/judicial_work/judicial_work.cfm and submit suggestions by post, fax or e-mail by 10 April 2007. Section 45 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 provides that the President of the Supreme Court may make rules governing the practice and procedure of the court. Until a president is appointed, the senior law lord is entitled to exercise the rule-making powers of the court.

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
Chronic delays, duplication of work, cancelled hearings and inefficiencies in the family law courts are letting children and victims of domestic abuse down, a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) inquiry has found
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
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