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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7257

25 January 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

S v S (Divorce: Distribution of Assets) [2006] EWHC 2793, [2006] All ER (D) 137 (Nov)

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R (on the application of Dennis) v Director of Public Prosecutions
[2006] EWHC 3211 (Admin), [2007] All ER (D) 43 (Jan)

Periodical payments have come of age, says
Nicholas Bevan

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Even the least contentious aspect of the Mental Health Bill has one or two secrets of its own. David Hewitt explains why

R v Hart [2006] EWCA Crim 3239, [2006] All ER (D) 174 (Dec)

Consumer demand will drive the Co-operative Group’s legal services venture, says Eddie Ryan

Dorothea Gartland reports on the courts’ attitude to section 38 assessment funding

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Jean-François Le Gal

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Jean-François Le Gal

Penningtons Manches Cooper strengthens international disputes team with appointment of leading arbitration partner

Shakespeare Martineau—Aaron Sanders & Kate Saunders

Shakespeare Martineau—Aaron Sanders & Kate Saunders

Shakespeare Martineau strengthens trust and estates disputes team with new appointments

Bellevue Law—Shannon Moore

Bellevue Law—Shannon Moore

Bellevue Law strengthens employment disputes and international advisory capability with senior associate appointment

NEWS
More than 500 former rugby players can pursue brain injury claims despite serious failures to disclose documents ordered by the High Court
Developers in areas with poorly performing councils can apply directly to the Planning Inspectorate for permission under section 62A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
When does a solicitor’s retainer become a contentious business agreement? The Court of Appeal’s decision in Broadfield Law UK LLP v Barnes shows that listing hourly rates alone will not do, leaving firms and clients uncertain about their rights over bills
MPs cannot simply resign their Commons seats. Instead, they take a nominal Crown office, usually the Chiltern Hundreds or Manor of Northstead, which disqualifies them from sitting
The Thirlwall Inquiry has exposed a ‘complete failure’ to protect babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital, but its recommendations must now be put into practice
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