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14 April 2009

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Lawyers hopeful government will be forced to change proposals after consultation

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

Ghai v Newcastle City Council (Ramgharia Gurdwara, Hitchin and another intervening) [2009] EWHC 978 (Admin), [2009] All ER (D) 68 (May)

Port of London Authority v Ashmore [2009] EWHC 954 (Ch), [2009] All ER (D) 74 (May), Chancery Division

Access to justice and fairness core to ambitious review of civil litigation costs

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Are Northern Rock shares not worth a truffle? ask Paul Dacam & Harriet Dedman

Peter Crampin QC & Simon Williams discuss the outcome & effect of Ofulue v Bossert

Helen Wolstenholme reports on genuine accidents & deliberate contempt

Peter Vaines reports on life, tax & quantitative pleasing

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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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

Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions

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NLJ this week: Burnout behind the billable hour

Behind the profession’s polished exterior, lawyers are ‘internally drained rather than physically tired’, according to a stark assessment of burnout in legal practice

NLJ this week: Domestic abuse reforms still falling short

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

NLJ this week: Uber’s legal shield faces scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic

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

NLJ this week: Is it finally time to scrap Part III?

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Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes

NLJ this week: Hereditary peers era finally comes to an end

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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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7369

MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth