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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7255

11 January 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

R v Richardson [2006] EWCA Crim 3186, [2006] EWCA Crim 3186

Issues of costs overshadow any litigation. Richard Harrison identifies some specific areas where the assessment system might be reformed

Coombe v DPP [2006] EWHC 3263 (Admin), [2006] All ER (D) 296 (Dec):

Details of the level and quality of expert witness training will be published in the summer after Penny Cooper, associate dean of the Inns of Court School of Law, won funding from City University for a research project.

In brief

The usher casts a critical eye over judicial movements and wryly foxtrots into the New Year

Reichman v Beveridge [2006] EWCA Civ 1659, [2006] All ER (D) 186 (Dec):

Tweed v Parades Commission for Northern Ireland [2006] UKHL 53, [2006] All ER (D) 175 (Dec):

Williams v Richmond Court (Swansea) Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 1719, [2006] All ER (D) 218 (Dec):

Stallwood v David; Stallwood v
Adamson [2006] EWHC 2600 (QB), [2006] All ER (D) 286 (Oct):

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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Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes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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