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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7466

19 May 2011
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Why does the practice form for approval of a child settlement (N292) provide for a stay of proceedings...

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary, by Roderick Ramage

Goodbye expert witness immunity, hello higher insurance premiums, says Penny Cooper

International law firm Reed Smith is pleased to announce the appointment of partner Brett Hillis to its energy and natural resources group.

DWF has appointed litigation lawyer Jason Blakey as a director to its commercial litigation team in Leeds.

MFG Solicitors has promoted two new partners and an associate.

McGrigors has announced three new hires.

The Law Society is inviting legal professionals from across England and Wales to enter the fifth annual Excellence Awards 2011.

Employers have backed a call for stronger powers for tribunals to strike out weak or vexatious claims.

MPs were told how proposed changes to litigation funding will be more complicated and lead to greater uncertainty.

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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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