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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7369

14 April 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

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

Profession

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

Switalskis—Sally Ann Masih, Suzy Overton & Jane Beaumont

Switalskis—Sally Ann Masih, Suzy Overton & Jane Beaumont

Trio of recruits strengthens Switalskis residential property team

Ward Hadaway—Steven Hayward

Ward Hadaway—Steven Hayward

Birmingham law firm appoints construction partner

Flint Bishop—six appointments

Flint Bishop—six appointments

Flint Bishop accelerates Northern growth through strategic senior appointments

NEWS
A High Court decision has clarified that a home may be unfit for human habitation not only where conditions endanger health or safety, but also where they seriously undermine comfort and convenience

A longer time limit for employment tribunal claims, new charity law thresholds, property tribunal recruitment and appellate guidance on small-claims costs feature in the latest Civil Way round-up

A recent High Court ruling could make issue estoppel considerably more complex in cross-border litigation, requiring parties to consider the foreign law governing the underlying claim
The Supreme Court has overturned Cheshire West’s bright-line test for deprivation of liberty, replacing it with a broader, more contextual assessment that gives greater weight to an individual’s wishes, feelings and apparent consent
Jonathan Fisher KC’s wide-ranging fraud report contains worthwhile proposals, but turning them into workable reform will require money, capacity and political will
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