THIS ISSUE
The Morgan Stanley fine shows why good tech lawyers take a broad approach, explains Paul Schwartfeger
Lucy Keane assesses the damage after Paccar Inc v CAT drove a juggernaut through the UK litigation funding industry
In a second update on financial settlements, David Burrows focuses on couples’ agreements & issues a plea for change
Colin Hulme, Head of IP at Burness Paull, considers the impact of ESG programmes on the observance of copyright by corporates
Michael Zander on why barristers have the legal right to ask to see the accounts
Bravery is the key to ensuring you don’t end up daubed in greenwash, says Andrew Magowan
Iain Miller & Charlotte Judd mull some tough ethical dilemmas
In the EAT, as in life, the pendulum may ‘swing’ one way or the other, and then later swing back. Ian Smith explains all in this month’s update
Andrew Malkinson’s exoneration highlights why a dysfunctional CCRC needs a reset, says Jon Robins
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck
Partner and Manchester office lead appointed head of family
Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale
DWF insurance services director appointed to Civil Justice Council
R3—Jodie Wildridge
Kings Chambers barrister appointed chair of R3 Yorkshire
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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