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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7281

12 July 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

Victoria von Wachter explores how far courts will go to avoid lifting the corporate veil

Niziol v The District Law Court in Tarnobrzeg Poland [2007] EWCA Civ 596

ASM Shipping Ltd v Harris and others [2007] EWHC 1513 (Comm), [2007] All ER (D) 364 (Jun)

Public authorities should have a duty of care to parents as well as children in suspected child abuse cases, says Seamus Burns

Contour Homes Ltd v Rowen [2007] All ER (D) 310 (Jun)

AF Noonan (Architectural Practice) Ltd v Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Community Football Club Ltd [2007] All ER (D) 10 (Jul)

In brief

tenants: the right to know >>
Domestic violence warrants live >>
Without prejudice proximity test >>
fatter cats >>
Family blues >>

How can IT litigators fight back against anonymous e-commerce wrongdoers? Andrew Horrocks and Jack Cundy investigate

Ewing v Davis [unreported 2 July 2007]

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton

Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton

Chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers joins as partner

Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan

Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan

Group names Shakespeare Martineau partner head of Sheffield office

Blake Morgan—four promotions

Blake Morgan—four promotions

Four legal directors promoted to partner across UK offices

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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