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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7631

21 November 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Sarah Taylor explains why the Law Commission is recommending changes to the law of child abduction

Could UK strike laws be in breach of international obligations, asks Chris Syder

John McMullen covers recent cases & developments in the law on TUPE

Is the criminalisation of excessive alcohol consumption during pregnancy possible, asks David Locke

Tim Lawson-Cruttenden examines the evolution of claims against unnamed defendants in non-land law cases

Part 36 is in need of revision to make it more transparent for parties & their lawyers say Alex Sciannaca & Giles Hutt

Excalibur Ventures LLC v Texas Keystone Inc and others [2014] EWHC 3436 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 300 (Oct)

Blanco and another v Agenzia delle Entrate—Direzione Provinciale I di Roma—Ufficio Controlli C-344/13 and C-367/13, [2014] All ER (D) 276 (Oct)

Gough v United Kingdom (App. No. 49327/11) [2014] ECHR 49327/11, [2014] All ER (D) 313 (Oct)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Ling Ong, London Market FOIL

NLJ Career Profile: Ling Ong, London Market FOIL

Ling Ong, partner at Weightmans and president of London Market FOIL, discusses her biggest inspirations, the challenges of AI and the importance of tackling unconscious bias

DWF—Imogen Francis

DWF—Imogen Francis

Director and head of IP team joins in Birmingham

Penningtons Manches Cooper—five promotions

Penningtons Manches Cooper—five promotions

Firm boosts partnership and costs practice with five senior promotions

NEWS
The controversial Mazur ruling, which caused widespread uncertainty about the role of non-solicitors in litigation work, has been overturned on appeal
Two landmark social media cases in the US could influence social media regulation in the UK, lawyers predict
Barristers have urged the government to set up Nightingale-style specialist courts, with jury trials, to prioritise rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse trials
Victims of violent crimes who suffer life-changing injuries receive less than half the financial support today than those in the 1990s, according to a senior personal injury lawyer
Rising numbers of cases, an increase in litigants in person and an overall lack of investment is piling pressure on the family court, the Law Society has warned
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