THIS ISSUE
In brief
In brief
In brief
Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Commencement No 4) Order 2007 (SI 2007/2518)
In brief
Fee earners should be trained on the provisions of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, says Catherine Ball
BAA was a misunderstood and misrepresented injunction, say Tim Lawson-Cruttenden and Lacie Kerner
R v Currie [2007] EWCA Crim 926, [2007] All ER (D) 233 (Apr)
Yarrow v Edwards Chartered Accountants [2007] All ER (D) 118 (Aug)
R v Myers and another [2007] EWCA Crim 599, [2007] All ER (D) 241 (Feb)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
DAC Beachcroft—Clare Dewar
DAC Beachcroft strengthens Scottish real estate capabilitywith partner appointment
Womble Bond Dickinson—Brendan Ryan
Womble Bond Dickinson appoints Brendan Ryan as partner in Public Law Projects team
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Parklane Plowden Chambers—five appointments
Parklane Plowden Chambers welcomes five new barristers
NEWS
A time-restricted bank tax, a ‘roadmap to fiscal devolution’, extension to parental leave, entrepreneur’s relief and a giveaway on energy bills for households are the headlines in Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey’s 2026 Autumn Budget
A Court of Appeal judge has lamented the ‘very concerning’ state of the law on employee inventor compensation after a chemist’s case took five-and-a-half years to reach court, eventually being listed for a 37-day trial next year
The Law Society has emphasised that responsibility remains human, in a practice note on artificial intelligence (AI)
Respect orders, which enable police, councils, housing associations, transport networks and other authorities to take enforcement action against anti-social behaviour, have come into force across England and Wales
The Land Registry has launched two consultations aimed at making its information more publicly accessible, ‘Restructuring HM Land Registry fees’, and ‘Future of access to HM Land Registry information’
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