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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

Winckworth Sherwood—Tim Foley

Winckworth Sherwood—Tim Foley

Property litigation practice strengthened by partner hire

Kingsley Napley—Romilly Holland

Kingsley Napley—Romilly Holland

International arbitration team specialist joins the team

Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney

Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney

Set creates new client and business development role amid growth

NEWS
Property lawyers have given a cautious welcome to the government’s landmark Bill capping ground rents at £250, banning new leasehold properties and making it easier for leaseholders to switch to commonhold
Four Nightingale courts are to be made permanent, as justice ministers continue to grapple with the record-level Crown Court backlog
The judiciary has set itself a trio of objectives and a trio of focus areas for the next five years, in its Judicial Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2026-2030

The Sentencing Act 2026 received royal assent last week, bringing into law the recommendations of David Gauke’s May 2025 Independent Sentencing Review

Victims of crime are to be given free access to transcripts of Crown Court sentencing remarks, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed
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