THIS ISSUE
This long-disputed question finally has an answer, writes Jeremy Clarke-Williams
What happens when a regulated mortgage contract is breached? A recent Supreme Court decision gives some welcome guidance, write Cecily Crampin & Caroline Shea KC
It’s time to improve the Office of the Public Guardian register, writes Ann Stanyer
Claudia Salomon explores the economic implications of the justice gap
The personal injury discount rate in Scotland and Northern Ireland: Julian Chamberlayne, Professor Victoria Wass & Chris Daykin query the basis of the calculation
Mark Pawlowski on when a promise becomes a declaration of trust
David Bloom on how to treat embargoed judgments & avoid contempt proceedings
Yasmin Batliwala highlights the extraordinary work of A4ID in projects across the world
Sexual harassment law in; Evidence from abroad; Cladding clarifications; Court lists to look odder; FPR changes; The perils of statement drafting; And going to court!
MOVERS & SHAKERS
DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat
Senior appointments in insurance services and commercial services announced
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Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts
Aviation disputes practice strengthened by London partner hire
Ellisons—Marion Knocker
Residential property lawyer promoted to partnership
NEWS
he 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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