I had fish and chips with Sir Rupert a fortnight ago. He is as resolute as ever. His views are unchanged.
Cambridge looked characteristically beautiful during the Legal Services Research Centre’s 8th annual conference. Given the global nature of the recession, attendance held up pretty well—bolstered by a somewhat disproportionately large delegation from Australian legal centres.
Stephen Levinson analyses a case of judicial independence
Clare Renton supports calls for international consensus on relocation
Jamie Burton & Alex Gask consider how the gateway defence could make life easier for non-secure tenants
Anthony Connerty reports on how ADR has helped deal with the fallout from the collapse of Lehman Brothers
Nat Duckworth & Stephanie Tozer explain why notices continue to provide a fertile battleground for litigators
Don't make (tender) promises that you cannot keep, says Alison Mayfield
R v Budimir and Rainbird (Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport intervening) [2010] EWCA Crim 1486, [2010] All ER (D) 269 (Jun). Interfact Ltd v Liverpool City Council [2010] EWHC 1604 (Admin)
E-disclosure: in search of an ideal world? Louise Buchanan reports
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck
Partner and Manchester office lead appointed head of family
Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale
DWF insurance services director appointed to Civil Justice Council
R3—Jodie Wildridge
Kings Chambers barrister appointed chair of R3 Yorkshire
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
