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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7279

28 June 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

YL v Birmingham City Council and others [2007] UKHL 27, [2007] All ER (D) 207 (Jun)

R (on the application of Pereira) v Inner South London Coroner [2007] All ER (D) 137 (Jun)

In brief

Bunney v Burns Anderson plc [2007] EWHC 1240 (Ch), [2007] All ER (D) 451 (May)

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Molestation goes criminal
The new status symbol
Medical report fees
Unless undressed
The Ogden Tables: by the brainy for the stupid

The Law Society is to appoint a pro bono co-ordinator to champion lawyers’ pro bono activity at home and abroad.

Practitioners need to avoid subjectivity when evaluating the merits of disputed will claims, says Ian Johnson

Contact your broker early if you are considering a merger this year, say Nick Pointon and Mark Langley-Sowter

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck

Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck

Partner and Manchester office lead appointed head of family

Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale

Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale

DWF insurance services director appointed to Civil Justice Council

R3—Jodie Wildridge

R3—Jodie Wildridge

Kings Chambers barrister appointed chair of R3 Yorkshire

NEWS

The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC

Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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