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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7415

29 April 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Khawar Qureshi QC considers the enforcement of a foreign judgment against a sovereign state

Initial responses to Jackson LJ’s Final Report focused on the headline grabbing proposals such as an end to the recovery of success fees and insurance premiums, one-way costs shifting and a ban on referral fees.

There is no shortage of critics of the family justice system. Family charities allege bias in the law so far as it relates to their members, senior judges complain that there is insufficient funding to properly protect children, Ofsted continues to criticise Cafcass, and politicians have finally woken up to the fact that the system should be viewed in its socio-economic and public health context.

Pro bono costs orders: levelling the playing field? By George Gordon

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter on the employee fallout from the eruption

Will the Revised PLP remedy some of the problems of the family law system? Rosie Schumm reports

Andrew Burns examines the insurance angles of recent PI claims

Once a highway, always a highway? asks John Summers

Charles Brasted & Julia Marlow highlight the significance of a decision being quashed due to mistake of fact

Tony Lewis & Charlotte Ovans consider the Bribery Act 2010 & a global approach to anti-corruption

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clarke Willmott—Megan Bradbury

Clarke Willmott—Megan Bradbury

Corporate team welcomes paralegal in Southampton

Howard Kennedy—Paul Moran

Howard Kennedy—Paul Moran

London firm strengthens real estate team with partner appointment

Cripps—Radius Law

Cripps—Radius Law

Commercial and technology practice boosted by team hire

NEWS
Pathfinder courts—renamed ‘Child focused courts’—are to be rolled out nationally, following a successful pilot where backlogs halved and cases were resolved up to seven and a half months faster
The Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed a £385,000 costs order against a father, in a case that centred on what is required to meet the threshold of ‘reprehensible or unreasonable’ behaviour
Centuries-old burial laws would be overhauled, under Law Commission proposals to address the burgeoning problem of shortage of cemetery space
The government has committed an extra £32m to women’s charities and services tackling addiction, trauma, abuse and homelessness
The Financial Ombudsman is poised for major reform to return it to a simple, impartial dispute resolution service
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