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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7495

04 January 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

The Bar Standards Board has reappointed its chair, baroness Ruth Deech, for a further three-year term.

The Legal Services Commission (LSC) has recruited chief executive, Matthew Coats, who arrives from the UK Border Agency (UKBA).

Roger Smith gets the juice on lemon law, landmarks & lectures

David Burrows examines the approach of the court to enforcement of ante- & post-nuptial agreements

Charles Pigott reports on sick workers, holidays & the small print

Caste discrimination has shed its cloak of invisibility, says Annapurna Waughray

Realpolitik, not injustice, will determine UK extradition policy, says Andrew Smith

George Hobson & Malcolm Dowden report on solar vulnerability

The Ministry of Justice plans to respond to the ongoing consultation on High Court and Court of Appeal fee hikes...

Paul Wainwright & Dr Mark Friston provide a practical guide to costs budgeting

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clarke Willmott —Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott —Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Gary Walsh

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Gary Walsh

Marine finance partner strengthens Penningtons Manches Cooper's banking and finance practice

NEWS
The cross-party Justice Select Committee has warned legal aid is now a ‘service in managed decline’ due to ministers’ ‘inadequate’ and ‘disappointing’ response to its concerns
It would not be in the public interest to bring contempt proceedings against MI5 for providing unreliable evidence about its policy of ‘neither confirming nor denying’ someone worked for the intelligence services, the High Court has held
The Civil Justice Council has recommended a practice direction (PD) be drawn up to advise lawyers on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in court documents
Courts modernisation champion and technology enthusiast Sir Geoffrey Vos has retired after an extraordinary career
Practitioners have welcomed two autumn budget reforms relating to inheritance tax on pensions
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