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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7440

03 November 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

The Bar Council will hold its 25th annual conference on 6 November 2010 at the Hilton London Metropole.

The annual Bond Solon expert witness conference is the largest annual gathering of expert witnesses in the UK.

Early retirement threat for older workers

European Court ruling could allow prisoners to vote

Eligibility for unfair dismissal claims could be restricted to workers who have been employed for two years.

Pensions lawyers are in demand from employers who fear their liabilities could increase as the economic downturn hits.

Nearly one in six law firms is now outsourcing part of its business functions and demand is likely to rise when new entrants join the legal services market next year.

Britain has the lowest rate of fatal occupational injuries in Europe and one of the lowest levels of work-related ill health, according to statistics published last week by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

Solicitors and barristers have been invited to apply for 11 salaried judge positions at the new Upper Tribunal

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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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