THIS ISSUE
It’s rough justice for road traffic claimants under the protocol, writes former district judge Stephen Gold in this week’s 'Civil Way'.
Are Equality Act 2010 defences against eviction likely to remain in place once the government has completed its proposed reforms to assured shorthold tenancy grounds for possession?
Something has to be done to address the over-politicisation of the government’s legal advice, says Roger Smith
Caroline Bowden offers tools & insight to help family law professionals speak with children
Possession assured? Kavish Shah and Edward Peters consider changes in claims against ASTs and secure tenants
Can documents retrospectively acquire legal professional privilege? Not without a time machine, says Ian Smith in this month’s brief
Nicholas Dobson reports on the balancing act between housing supply & need, in an eviction case
RTA protocol transfers get easier; Social services which don’t care; Delay matrimonial transfers?; Basic and special account rises
Jeremy Lederman presents a useful contracts checklist and warns of the perils of rushing
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva
Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice
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Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson
London labour and employment team announces partner hire
Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly
Double partner appointment marks Belfast expansion
NEWS
Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome
After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights
The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains
Boris Johnson’s 2019 attempt to shut down Parliament remains a constitutional cautionary tale. The move, framed as a routine exercise of the royal prerogative, was in truth an extraordinary effort to sideline Parliament at the height of the Brexit crisis. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC dissects how prorogation was wrongly assumed to be beyond judicial scrutiny, only for the Supreme Court to intervene unanimously
A construction defect claim in the Court of Appeal offers a sharp lesson in pleading discipline. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ, Stephen Gold explains how a catastrophically drafted schedule of loss derailed otherwise viable claims. Across the areas explored in this week's column, the message is consistent: clarity, economy and proper pleading matter more than ever
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