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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7764

06 October 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of Banghard) v Bedford Borough Council [2017] EWHC 2391 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 10 (Oct)

South Gloucestershire Council v Burge and another [2017] EWCA Civ 1313, [2017] All ER (D) 14 (Oct)

Liddle (on his own behalf and as Executor of the estates of Liddle (Deceased)) and another v Liddle and others; Liddle and others v Liddle (on his own behalf and as Executor of the estates of Liddle (Deceased)) and another [2017] EWHC 2261 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 05 (Oct)

Jacobs UK Ltd (formerly known as Jacobs Engineering UK Ltd) v Skanska Construction UK Ltd [2017] EWHC 2395 (TCC), [2017] EWHC 2395 (TCC)

Vowles v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2017] UKFTT 704 (TC), [2017] All ER (D) 117 (Sep)

A Local Authority v Mother and another [2017] All ER (D) 81 (Sep), [2017] Lexis Citation 291

XX v Whittington Hospital NHS Trust [2017] EWHC 2318 (QB) [2017] All ER (D) 80 (Sep)

Brookman v General Medical Council [2017] EWHC 2400 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 03 (Oct)

Entries are now being accepted for the 2018 LexisNexis Legal Awards.

Peers propose curbing ministers’ Henry VIII powers

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Rachel Crosier

Freeths—Rachel Crosier

Projects and rail practices strengthened by director hire in London

DWF—Stephen Hickling

DWF—Stephen Hickling

Real estate team in Birmingham welcomes back returning partner

Ward Hadaway—44 appointments

Ward Hadaway—44 appointments

Firm invests in national growth with 44 appointments across five offices

NEWS
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 transformed criminal justice. Writing in NLJ this week, Ed Cape of UWE and Matthew Hardcastle and Sandra Paul of Kingsley Napley trace its ‘seismic impact’
Operational resilience is no longer optional. Writing in NLJ this week, Emma Radmore and Michael Lewis of Womble Bond Dickinson explain how UK regulators expect firms to identify ‘important business services’ that could cause ‘intolerable levels of harm’ if disrupted
Criminal juries may be convicting—or acquitting—on a misunderstanding. Writing in NLJ this week Paul McKeown, Adrian Keane and Sally Stares of The City Law School and LSE report troubling survey findings on the meaning of ‘sure’
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has narrowly preserved a key weapon in its anti-corruption arsenal. In this week's NLJ, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers examines Guralp Systems Ltd v SFO, in which the High Court ruled that a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) remained in force despite the company’s failure to disgorge £2m by the stated deadline
As the drip-feed of Epstein disclosures fuels ‘collateral damage’, the rush to cry misconduct in public office may be premature. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke of Hill Dickinson warns that the offence is no catch-all for political embarrassment. It demands a ‘grave departure’ from proper standards, an ‘abuse of the public’s trust’ and conduct ‘sufficiently serious to warrant criminal punishment’
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