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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7265

22 March 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

John Mitchell compares recent developments in guardianship orders with the current rules on adoption

In the first of two articles on the 44th update to the CPR, Nicholas Bevan considers changes to the procedures governing pre-action admissions

BBC Worldwide Ltd v Bee Load Ltd (trading as Archangel Ltd) [2007] EWHC 134 (Comm), [2007] All ER (D) 107 (Feb)

Baxendale-Walker v Law Society [2007] EWCA Civ 233, [2007] All ER (D) 254 (Mar)

CPR Pt 6 is fraught with technical difficulties. Andrew Butler reports on recent developments

Parents should not be criminalised for having fat children, says Tracey Elliott

Two-tiered duty to promote race equality, Race Relations Act 1976, S71, Legal necessity for proper consultation

Worker v home worker, Lapsed warnings, TUPE transfers

Subsidising another man's child, Wealthy ex-wives, nominal orders, Housing benefit and unmarried payments

M v DPP [2007] All ER (D) 74 (Mar)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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