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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7515

23 May 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Roger Smith rounds up recent human rights developments

How can we protect victims of unfair commercial practices, ask David Hertzell & Amy Smith

European Directives strike again Spencer Keen & Monika Sobiecki investigate

Jonathan Herring examines the approach to the dissolution of gay marriage

Simon Love assesses the proposed new role for SRA Compensation Fund

Paul Denholm questions the application of LA 2011 to planning breaches

Hayley Tam puts into perspective the contaminated land regime amendments

Nine lives too many & a concurrence conundrum for George

Singla v Stockler and another [2012] EWHC 1176 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 100 (May)
Chancery Division, Briggs J, 10 May 2012

Humphreys v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2012] UKSC 18, [2012] All ER (D) 124 (May)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney

Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney

Set creates new client and business development role amid growth

Kingsley Napley—Tim Lowles

Kingsley Napley—Tim Lowles

Sports disputes practice launchedwith partner appointment

mfg Solicitors—Tom Evans

mfg Solicitors—Tom Evans

Tax and succession planning offering expands with returning partner

NEWS
The rank of King’s Counsel (KC) has been awarded to 96 barristers, and no solicitors, in the latest silk round
Can a chief constable be held responsible for disobedient officers? Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth, professor of public law at De Montfort University, examines a Court of Appeal ruling that answers firmly: yes
Early determination is no longer a novelty in arbitration. In NLJ this week, Gustavo Moser, arbitration specialist lawyer at Lexis+, charts the global embrace of summary disposal powers, now embedded in the Arbitration Act 1996 and mirrored worldwide. Tribunals may swiftly dismiss claims with ‘no real prospect of succeeding’, but only if fairness is preserved
The Ministry of Justice is once again in the dock as access to justice continues to deteriorate. NLJ consultant editor David Greene warns in this week's issue that neither public legal aid nor private litigation funding looks set for a revival in 2026
Civil justice lurches onward with characteristic eccentricity. In his latest Civil Way column, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist, surveys a procedural landscape featuring 19-page bundle rules, digital possession claims, and rent laws he labels ‘bonkers’
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