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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7653

22 May 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of Reverend Nicolson) v Tottenham Magistrates [2015] EWHC 1252 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 54 (May)

The introduction of LLPs & ABSs has had unforeseen consequences for professional executors, says Sian Thompson

Thomas Spencer suggests an elegant but overlooked approach for lifting the corporate veil

Starbucks (HK) Ltd and another v British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc and others [2015] UKSC 31, [2015] All ER (D) 103 (May)

R (on the application of Williams by his father and litigation friend Richard Williams) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 1268 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 96 (May)

Blood is not necessarily thicker than water where will validity is concerned, observes Emma Myers

Gaughran v Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland [2015] UKSC 29, [2015] All ER (D) 100 (May)

Chinnock v Veale Wasbrough and another [2015] EWCA Civ 441, [2015] All ER (D) 65 (May)

Jonathan Herring questions the family courts’ treatment of wilful children

Cashman v Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 1312 (QB), [2015] All ER (D) 104 (May)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions

NEWS
Behind the profession’s polished exterior, lawyers are ‘internally drained rather than physically tired’, according to a stark assessment of burnout in legal practice
Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes
Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales
The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber
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