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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7479

01 September 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Celebrities turn their backs on defamation in favour of superinjunctions

Courts must rise above human rights “paranoia” says Clegg

Key terms and concepts within environmental legislation are often “ambiguous”, “opaque” or “provide potential for misunderstanding”

Court of Appeal rules that employers must look beyond the obvious risks

The Law Society has launched a telephone helpline to direct victims of the riots and looting to pro bono legal advice

CMS Cameron McKenna has launched a guide to bribery laws in the UK and overseas

A new training course for future judges is to run in November

A druid has lost his high court challenge to stop archaeologists investigating ancient human remains found at Stonehenge

Dominic Regan congratulates the victors in the Jackson reform lottery

Stephen Hockman QC considers the path to take in order to ease the UK’s constitutional tensions

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Construction team bolstered by hire of senior consultant duo

Switalskis—four appointments

Switalskis—four appointments

Firm expands residential conveyancing team with quadruple appointment

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

Private client team welcomes senior associatein Worcester

NEWS
The controversial Mazur ruling, which caused widespread uncertainty about the role of non-solicitors in litigation work, has been overturned on appeal
Two landmark social media cases in the US could influence social media regulation in the UK, lawyers predict
Barristers have urged the government to set up Nightingale-style specialist courts, with jury trials, to prioritise rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse trials
Victims of violent crimes who suffer life-changing injuries receive less than half the financial support today than those in the 1990s, according to a senior personal injury lawyer
Rising numbers of cases, an increase in litigants in person and an overall lack of investment is piling pressure on the family court, the Law Society has warned
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