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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7494

13 December 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Does the government’s new schedule for legal aid reform provide hope or just delay? Carol Storer reports

Voluntary legal advice providers will bear the brunt of funding cuts, says Jon Robins

Tom Walker shares a cautionary tale or two about “protected conversations”

Ian Smith pays homage to the Law of Sod

Kim Beatson & Lehna Hewitt review the court’s approach to asset sharing & brief encounters

Injured claimants should not be subsidising the insurance industry, says Karl Tonks

John Summers & Elizabeth Fitzgerald examine two recent judgments that challenge long-established property law rules

Justice v security: has the government got the balance right? Victoria Oakes & Alex Odell review the evidence

Is state immunity a “get out of jail” card for sovereign debtors, asks George Walton

Withers LLP v Langbar International Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1419, [2011] All ER (D) 22 (Dec)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Thomson Hayton Winkley—Suzie Fisher

Thomson Hayton Winkley—Suzie Fisher

Cumbria firm appoints long-serving lawyer as new managing director

Taylor Wessing—Kim Wedral

Taylor Wessing—Kim Wedral

Employment specialist joins Cambridge office as partner

Mewburn Ellis—Amy Crouch

Mewburn Ellis—Amy Crouch

Patent litigation offering boosted by partner appointment

NEWS
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published a statement in a bid to clear up confusion over the right to conduct litigation following Mazur and another v Charles Russell Speechleys
Homebuyers could be given an option to sign a binding contract with vendors to protect against the practice of parties pulling out of agreements after months of negotiations, under a proposed overhaul of conveyancing laws
A future Conservative government would abolish the Sentencing Council and Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) and sack judges who defended migrants’ rights, shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has said
UK law firms have risen up an annual index of responsible business activity, while US firms have regressed amid President Trump’s diversity and equality crackdown
The right of the press to report on the criminal courts received a boost this week, following an update to the Criminal Procedure Rules
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