THIS ISSUE
No dancing in the dark; whistleblowing ears; powers of attorney fail test; costs management escape.
Caroline Shea QC & Gavin Bennison help unravel the complex triage that is receivers, agency & possession
Getting personal: Peter Vaines reports on IR35 personal service companies
Nicholas Dobson analyses the recent decision extending protection to those who blow the whistle while on the Bench
With a general election approaching, taking back control of your browser data is essential, say Moga Moodley & Malcolm Dowden
Dan Reed reports on the brave new world of enterprise legal services
Vijay Ganapathy & Claire Spearpoint discuss the role family members can play in legal proceedings involving their relatives
Poor processes open the door to money launderers, warns SRA
Clarity & transparency sought in face of cover-up culture
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton
Chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers joins as partner
Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan
Group names Shakespeare Martineau partner head of Sheffield office
Blake Morgan—four promotions
Four legal directors promoted to partner across UK offices
NEWS
The 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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