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In early March, the Competitiveness Council adopted a Key issues paper for 2009 in the area of the internal market, highlighting the urgency of simplifying the regulatory environment for business, in particular SMEs as just one of the areas of focus for EU activity to help to alleviate the current financial crisis. See: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/intm/106513.pdf
In early March, the Competitiveness Council adopted a Key issues paper for 2009 in the area of the internal market, highlighting the urgency of simplifying the regulatory environment for business, in particular SMEs as just one of the areas of focus for EU activity to help to alleviate the current financial crisis. See: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/intm/106513.pdf
Update from the Chair of the Bar
By Clement Cowley, Partner at The Penny Group
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Endometriosis Awareness North, a charity raising awareness of endometriosis and supporting those affected across the North of England, has received a £500 boost from AlphaBiolabs via the company’s Giving Back initiative
A decade of reviews and research has disrupted accepted thinking in the search for causality. Suicides following abuse have overtaken domestic homicides. Is the law keeping up? Professor Susan Edwards KC (Hon) examines recent cases and the obstacles to successful prosecution
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The case against judge-only justice – and why efficiency is not enough. By Professor Leslie Thomas KC
Heritage as an anchor and a compass, finding our common humanity and embracing the power of the outsider – Melina Antoniadis’s lessons learnt
Lauren Fullerton examines the how, what and why of setting up a second chambers base
