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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7536

30 October 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

What has Europe done to protect the necessities of motherhood? Peter Thompson QC reports

Michael Rubenstein reflects on the employment law changes he has witnessed since 1972

Should there be a civil claim time limit, ask Richard Scorer & Victoria Beel

What is the deemed date of liquidation when moving from administration to creditors voluntary liquidation? Arti Vashisht Elliott reports

ADS Aerospace Ltd v EMS Global Tracking Ltd [2012] EWHC 2904 (TCC), [2012] All ER (D) 235 (Oct)

R (on the application of Preston) v Lord President of the Council [2012] EWCA Civ 1378, [2012] All ER (D) 249 (Oct)

E D & F Man Sugar Ltd v Unicargo Transportgesellschaft mbH [2012] EWHC 2879 (Comm), [2012] All ER (D) 256 (Oct)

Autoquake Ltd v Car Care Plan Ltd [2012] EWHC 1344 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 194 (Feb)

Re Teathers Ltd; Baroque Investments Ltd v Heis and another [2012] EWHC 2886 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 203 (Oct)

Birmingham City Council v Abdulla and others [2012] UKSC 47

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions

NEWS
Behind the profession’s polished exterior, lawyers are ‘internally drained rather than physically tired’, according to a stark assessment of burnout in legal practice
Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes
Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales
The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber
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