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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7471

23 June 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Partner becomes fellow of association

Exchange Chambers confirms its partnership with Maxima LLP.

The government confirmed its implementation of Lord Justice Jackson’s civil litigation costs reforms in its Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

Justice Secretary introduces the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

Stronger safeguards are needed on extradition, the Joint Committee on Human Rights has warned.

New Law Journal wins the BIALL Legal Journals Award 2011

The number of business cartels signing up to the Office of Fair Trading’s (OFT) leniency programme nearly doubled last year.

Nearly two out of five businesses say they need more time to prepare for the Bribery Act.

Practising fee cut as Law Society reports surplus

A not-for-profit arbitration scheme has been launched for libel disputes.

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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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