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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7543

09 January 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Access to justice is kicking off debate in 2013, notes Jon Robins

A new Bill of Rights is not needed, says Geoffrey Bindman QC

A recent Court of Appeal decision helps clarify employment law’s territorial scope, says Charles Pigott

How should courts approach personal injury claims where fraud is alleged? David Sawtell reports

Natasha Rees analyses the courts’ continuing quest to define what a house is

Legal aid will still be available as from 1 April 2013 to victims of domestic violence in private law cases...

What happens when one party appears to concede an important part of their case, asks James Chegwidden

Hughmans Solicitors v Central Stream Services Ltd (in liquidation) and others [2012] EWCA Civ 1720, [2012] All ER (D) 260 (Dec)

O’Donnell and another v Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland [2012] EWHC 3749 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 257 (Dec)

Cleveland Bridge UK Ltd v Severfield – Rowen Structures Ltd [2012] EWHC 3652 (TCC), [2012] All ER (D) 239 (Dec)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Arc Pensions Law—Ian D’Costa

Arc Pensions Law—Ian D’Costa

Pensions firm welcomes legal director in London

Shakespeare Martineau—Jonathan Warren

Shakespeare Martineau—Jonathan Warren

Real estate disputes team strengthened by London partner hire

Morgan Lewis—Christian Tuddenham

Morgan Lewis—Christian Tuddenham

Litigation partner joins disputes team in London

NEWS
Government plans for offender ‘restriction zones’ risk creating ‘digital cages’ that blur punishment with surveillance, warns Henrietta Ronson, partner at Corker Binning, in this week's issue of NLJ
Louise Uphill, senior associate at Moore Barlow LLP, dissects the faltering rollout of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 in this week's NLJ
Judgments are ‘worthless without enforcement’, says HHJ Karen Walden-Smith, senior circuit judge and chair of the Civil Justice Council’s enforcement working group. In this week's NLJ, she breaks down the CJC’s April 2025 report, which identified systemic flaws and proposed 39 reforms, from modernising procedures to protecting vulnerable debtors
Writing in NLJ this week, Katherine Harding and Charlotte Finley of Penningtons Manches Cooper examine Standish v Standish [2025] UKSC 26, the Supreme Court ruling that narrowed what counts as matrimonial property, and its potential impact upon claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
In this week's NLJ, Dr Jon Robins, editor of The Justice Gap and lecturer at Brighton University, reports on a campaign to posthumously exonerate Christine Keeler. 60 years after her perjury conviction, Keeler’s son Seymour Platt has petitioned the king to exercise the royal prerogative of mercy, arguing she was a victim of violence and moral hypocrisy, not deceit. Supported by Felicity Gerry KC, the dossier brands the conviction 'the ultimate in slut-shaming'
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