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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7315

03 April 2008
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Wakefield Metropolitan District Council v T [2008] EWCA Civ 199, [2008] All ER (D) 298 (Mar)

R v Khan [2008] EWCA Crim 531, [2008] All ER (D) 212 (Mar)

Smith v Northamptonshire County Council [2008] EWCA Civ 181, [2008]All ER (D) 132 (Mar)

R v Kiely [2008] EWCA Crim 536

R (White) v Crown Court at Blackfriars [2008] EWHC 510 (Admin)

Lichter & Schwarz v Rubin [2008] EWHC 450 (Ch D)

James Carleton Seventh Earl of Malmesbury and others v Strutt and Parker (a partnership) [2008] EWHC 424 (QB), [2008] All ER (D) 257 (Mar)

City of Westminster Social and Community Services Department v C and another [2008] EWCA Civ 198, [2008] All ER (D) 276 (Mar)

The importance of implementing the letter of the law should not be underestimated, say Peter Wilcock and Joel Bennathan QC

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Daniel Burbeary, Michelman Robinson

NLJ Career Profile: Daniel Burbeary, Michelman Robinson

Daniel Burbeary, office managing partner of Michelman Robinson, discusses launching in London, the power of the law, and what the kitchen can teach us about litigating

Sidley—Jeremy Trinder

Sidley—Jeremy Trinder

Global finance group strengthened by returning partner in London

Joelson—Jennifer Mansoor

Joelson—Jennifer Mansoor

West End firm strengthens employment and immigration team with partner hire

NEWS
Operation Soteria, a 2021 initiative which protected rape victims from excessive scrutiny during police investigations, is being expanded into the courtroom, the Ministry of Justice has said
Civil and judicial review claims are being processed faster than this time last year despite the number of judicial reviews increasing by 56% to 1,100 applications, the latest civil justice statistics quarterly, published this week, have shown
The collapse of law firms Axiom Ince and SSB Group demonstrate the need for the Legal Services Board (LSB) to strengthen its oversight of frontline regulators, Law Society president Mark Evans said this week

The Court of Appeal has slammed the brakes on claimants trying to swap defendants after limitation has expired. In Adcamp LLP v Office Properties and BDB Pitmans v Lee [2026] EWCA Civ 50, it overturned High Court rulings that had allowed substitutions under s 35(6)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980, reports Sarah Crowther of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ

A seemingly dry procedural update may prove potent. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold explains that new CPR 31.12A—part of the 193rd update—fills a ‘lacuna’ exposed in McLaren Indy v Alpa Racing
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