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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7553

19 March 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Does the Huhne/Pryce case mark the death knell for the defence of marital coercion, asks Gerry Rubin

The avalanche of Jackson legislation continues unabated...

How should the legal profession prepare for the increase in litigants in person, asks DJ Harold Godwin

Sarah Johnson reviews recent guidance on how to balance the competing interests of employees

What impact does bankruptcy have on a lump sum order obligation, asks Edward Heaton

Robert O’Leary outlines what a claimant needs to prove in an occupational cancer claim in light of the Phurnacite Workers Group Litigation

Nicholas Dobson analyses a Court of Appeal ruling on proportionality in housing possession proceedings

Enforcing an arbitration award under the Arbitration Act 1996 can prove a bumpy ride, as Clare Arthurs & Margaret Tofalides explain

Stephanie Pywell challenges a widely held view on the classification of delegated legislation

Christou and another v Haringey London Borough [2013] EWCA Civ 178, [2013] All ER (D) 104 (Mar)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck

Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck

Partner and Manchester office lead appointed head of family

Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale

Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale

DWF insurance services director appointed to Civil Justice Council

R3—Jodie Wildridge

R3—Jodie Wildridge

Kings Chambers barrister appointed chair of R3 Yorkshire

NEWS

The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC

Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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