THIS ISSUE
Roger Smith enters the world of local politics
Havin' the Latin; Dr Gold's CPR prescription
Marc Weller considers the latest development in Ukraine v Russia
The Post Office treated the wronged postmasters inexcusably. But let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater, argues Kate McMahon
Neil Parpworth assesses some key & worrying provisions in the Criminal Justice Bill
Nicholas Dobson considers the debate on the extension of the duty of care to patients’ relatives
Angus Nurse sets out the legal routes for remedying corporate environmental harm
The Criminal Justice Bill expands police powers against citizens in some worrying ways, according to Neil Parpworth of Leicester De Montfort Law School, in this week’s NLJ
The Post Office Horizon scandal has led to calls for reform of the private prosecution system, but this would be a ‘tragic irony’, Kate McMahon, partner at Edmonds Marshall McMahon, writes in this week’s NLJ
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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