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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7254

04 January 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

In brief

After 11 years people are realising that harassment is not just about stalking, but at what price? Tim Lawson Cruttenden and Catherine Atkinson report

Seamus Burns considers the moral sensitivities surrounding the international trade in body parts

A recent Court of Appeal ruling underlines the limits of the protection afforded by sovereign state immunity in arbitration proceedings. Ned Beale reports

What are the implications for prize draws and skill competitions under the new Gambling Act? Beverley Flynn reports

Paul Hewitt, Paola Fudakowska and Helen Peacock discuss contested wills and claims against personal representatives

R (on the application of da Silva) v Director of Public Prosecutions and another
[2006] EWHC 3204 (Admin), [2006] All ER (D) 215 (Dec)

Geoffrey Bindman travels from Bar to bar in Uganda and encounters a courteous Idi Amin. Post coup, the dictator proves more difficult to track down

Mark Sefton explains the reasons behind the current popularity of leasehold enfranchisement

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions

NEWS
Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales
The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber
Artificial intelligence, proportionality and public decision-making are under increasing judicial scrutiny, according to the latest public law round-up from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Families relying on informal agreements over property ownership could face costly consequences if disputes arise, the High Court has warned
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