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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7374

18 June 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Stephanie Tozer & Nathaniel Duckworth discuss recent cases on & around rights of way

News In Brief

The Gurkhas’ successful fight for justice evokes memories of another Gurkha campaign, says Geoffrey Bindman

Part two: Simon Young reports on the pick & mix approach of the Legal Services Act 2009

Control order system rejected by law lords in major setback for the government

Nick Rose & Louisa Albertini on how prestige is transmitted to trademarks

CFO rates hit rock bottom; Ecstasy for tolerated trespassers; Master loses Rolls; Reduced assets

Dominic Regan proposes a simple solution to the ongoing costs fiasco—proportionality

Geraldine Morris revisits the thorny issue of conduct & financial provision

Malcolm Dowden & Elinor Clark on a mortgagee’s consent to the grant of a lease

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton

Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton

Chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers joins as partner

Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan

Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan

Group names Shakespeare Martineau partner head of Sheffield office

Blake Morgan—four promotions

Blake Morgan—four promotions

Four legal directors promoted to partner across UK offices

NEWS

The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC

Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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