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A former KGB officer is to be charged with the murder by poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said this week.
AIC Ltd v Marine Pilot Ltd [2007] EWHC 1182 (Comm), [2007] All ER (D) 280(May)
To mark the Family Court Reports’ birthday, Jonathan Herring reviews family law cases from the past 20 years
The actions of one man transformed the regulation of the solicitors’ profession, says Geoffrey Bindman
Lawyers are happy, according to a recent survey by recruitment consultancy Badenoch & Clark
Prisoners’ families face high rates of depression, poverty and housing disruption, with the estimated cost of imprisonment rising by almost a third when the social impact is taken into account, a new report finds.
Veils in court are an affront to open justice, says Barbara Hewson
Nicholas Bevan examines the extent to which local authority funded care affects personal injury awards
Do reality-testing, risk analysis and evaluation offer a new model for co-mediation? asks Tony Allen
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Boodle Hatfield—Tom McLaughlin
Boodle Hatfield welcomes new employment partner, Tom McLaughlin
Arc Pensions Law—Victoria Thompson-Hill, Jonathan Mason & Georgi Ivanov
National specialist pensions law firm strengthens team with three new appointments
Jurit—Christian Abletshauser
Jurit appoints Christian Abletshauser to lead family law practice
A longer time limit for employment tribunal claims, new charity law thresholds, property tribunal recruitment and appellate guidance on small-claims costs feature in the latest Civil Way round-up
