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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7358

26 February 2009
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R (on the application of Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions, Society for the Protection of Unborn Children intervening [2009] EWCA Civ 92, [2009] All ER (D) 197 (Feb)
 
 
 
Court of Appeal, Civil Division, Lord Judge CJ, Ward and Lloyd LJJ, 19 February 2009

Palm Developments Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another [2009] EWHC 220 (Admin), [2009] EWHC 220 (Admin)

Queen’s Bench Division, Administrative Court, Cranston J, 13 February 2009

How have 10 years of the Civil Procedure Rules affected litigants in person? Peter Thompson QC reports

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

Guernsey Company Law is no longer tacit on takeovers. Roger Le Tissier reports

Legislation news update

Peter Hayden outlines a beneficial decision for investors in hedge funds wishing to bring multiple derivative actions

Legislation news update

Consultation and inclusiveness are key to the future success of civil legal aid, says Carolyn Regan

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions

NEWS
Behind the profession’s polished exterior, lawyers are ‘internally drained rather than physically tired’, according to a stark assessment of burnout in legal practice
Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes
Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales
The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber
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