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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

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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