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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7495

04 January 2012

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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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Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

Investigations and corporate crime expert joins as partner

Fieldfisher—Mark Shaw

Veteran funds specialist joins investment funds team

Taylor Wessing—Stephen Whitfield

Firm enhances competition practice with London partner hire

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NLJ this week: Surrogacy children caught in succession gap

A High Court ruling involving the Longleat estate has exposed the fault line between modern family building and historic trust drafting. Writing in NLJ this week, Charlotte Coyle, director and family law expert at Freeths, examines Cator v Thynn [2026] EWHC 209 (Ch), where trustees sought approval to modernise trusts that retain pre-1970 definitions of ‘child’, ‘grandchild’ and ‘issue’

NLJ this week: Online safety law at a crossroads

Fresh proposals to criminalise ‘nudification’ apps, prioritise cyberflashing and non-consensual intimate images, and even ban under-16s from social media have reignited debate over whether the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA 2023) is fit for purpose. Writing in NLJ this week, Alexander Brown, head of technology, media and telecommunications, and Alexandra Webster, managing associate, Simmons & Simmons, caution against reactive law-making that could undermine the Act’s ‘risk-based and outcomes-focused’ design

NLJ this week: Do Mandelson and Mountbatten-Windsor meet the misconduct bar?

Recent allegations surrounding Peter Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor have reignited scrutiny of the ancient common law offence of misconduct in public office. Writing in NLJ this week, Simon Parsons, teaching fellow at Bath Spa University, asks whether their conduct could clear a notoriously high legal hurdle

NLJ this week: Supreme Court unlocks ‘lost years’ windfall for injured children

A landmark ruling has reshaped child clinical negligence claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Jodi Newton, head of birth and paediatric negligence at Osbornes Law, explains how the Supreme Court in CCC v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2026] UKSC 5 has overturned Croke v Wiseman, ending the long-standing bar on children recovering ‘lost years’ earnings

NLJ this week: Finality trumps freedom in arbitration showdown

A Court of Appeal ruling has drawn a firm line under party autonomy in arbitration. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed, associate professor at the University of Leicester, analyses Gluck v Endzweig [2026] EWCA Civ 145, where a clause allowing arbitrators to amend an award ‘at any time’ was held incompatible with the Arbitration Act 1996

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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7495

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

Fieldfisher—Mark Shaw

Taylor Wessing—Stephen Whitfield