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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7448

13 January 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Ian Smith presents four employment sparklers & a rant

Review systems with a mind of their own? Costa Kypre & Daniel Kavan report

Nicholas Dobson puts the Localism Bill under the spotlight

Michael Tringham reports on a “wrecked” estate—and polygamous intestacy

Is proportionality moving in? Robert Strang reports on orders for sale after Pinnock

The detention of children in Yarl’s Wood immigration centre was unlawful, the High Court has ruled.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has outlined new proposals for freedom of information (FOI) law.

How protected are your settlement negotiations? Davina Watson investigates post Oceanbulk

Part two: David Burrows offers further thought on the Family Proceedings Rules 2010

Document sets out arguments against extradition of WikiLeaks founder

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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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