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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7490

15 November 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Patrick Burns, currently chief executive of the employee ownership association, will be joining Prospects...

Taylor Wessing has recruited tax specialist Richard Carson to its corporate tax team.

Clarke Willmott has appointed Helen Meyler as a consultant...

APIL warns of the “ominous formula” of legal reforms

High Court: local authority’s plans to restrict adult social care eligibility unlawful

New small claims service to be introduced at the patent county court

Citizens Advice voice concerns over legal aid cuts on employment tribunal

Solicitor fined £5,000 for failing to cooperate with ombudsman

HLE blogger Declan O’Dempsey considers the behaviour of the government over the equality duties under the Equality Act 2010

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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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