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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7432

09 September 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Claire Sanders reports on the complexities of high conflict cases

Khawar Qureshi QC reports on how fraud & corruption are dealt with in the arbitral process

Raggett v Society of Jesus Trust of 1929 for Roman Catholic Purposes [2010] EWCA Civ 1002, [2010] All ER (D) 116 (Aug)

R (on the application of Patel) v Lord Chancellor [2010] EWHC 2220 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 117 (Aug)

Deutsche Bank AG v Sebastian Holdings Inc [2010] EWCA Civ 998, [2010] All ER (D) 98 (Aug)

Why do lay judges get it wrong, asks Geoffrey Bindman

Third party funding on the rise among top 200 firms

New era sees claims from celebrities triple

Employees with workplace pension schemes could lose out when employers adapt to new pension rules, actuaries have warned.

The civil legal aid contract is to be extended by a month after the Law Society launched judicial review proceedings over the family legal aid tender.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck

Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck

Partner and Manchester office lead appointed head of family

Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale

Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale

DWF insurance services director appointed to Civil Justice Council

R3—Jodie Wildridge

R3—Jodie Wildridge

Kings Chambers barrister appointed chair of R3 Yorkshire

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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