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With the urgency to settle the UK’s negotiating position increasing and crunch time approaching, Andrew Walker QC reads the (legal) runes—what will Brexit mean for the Bar?...

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Best books, favourite films, top tracks and an essential: Counsel invites barristers to share their cultural influences. In this issue, we...

Lawyers’ Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka 2017 match report

Now a settled event, we’re looking ahead to New Zealand 2020. Meanwhile Sri Lanka in 2017 saw the usual format of two pools of six teams, reports James Cartwright

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Prenninger and others v Oberösterreichische Landesregierung

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R (on the application of WX) v Northamptonshire County Council; R (on the application of Connolly) v Northamptonshire County Council

Local authority – Statutory duties. On the claimants' applications for permission to apply for judicial review regarding the defendant local authority's decisions to make significant cuts to the library service in Northamptonshire, the Queen's Bench Division found that there had been flaws in...

Whitehall Court London Ltd v Crown Estate Commissioners

Landlord and tenant – Leasehold enfranchisement. The scope of the assumption in relation to rights under the rights in Ch I of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 plainly extended to qualifying tenants of other flats in a block. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, held...

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Criminal law – Human trafficking. Citable guidance was provided on the change in law relating to the prosecution of victims of trafficking for their alleged criminality. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, dismissed the defendant's application for leave to appeal against conviction for being...

R v Knaggs and others

Criminal evidence – Disclosure and admissibility of evidence. There had been no failure of disclosure of communication evidence between alleged conspirators in the defendants' trials for conspiracy to import cocaine. The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, in dismissing their appeals, further...

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