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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7257

25 January 2007
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S v S (Divorce: Distribution of Assets) [2006] EWHC 2793, [2006] All ER (D) 137 (Nov)

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R (on the application of Dennis) v Director of Public Prosecutions
[2006] EWHC 3211 (Admin), [2007] All ER (D) 43 (Jan)

Periodical payments have come of age, says
Nicholas Bevan

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Even the least contentious aspect of the Mental Health Bill has one or two secrets of its own. David Hewitt explains why

R v Hart [2006] EWCA Crim 3239, [2006] All ER (D) 174 (Dec)

Consumer demand will drive the Co-operative Group’s legal services venture, says Eddie Ryan

Dorothea Gartland reports on the courts’ attitude to section 38 assessment funding

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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