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25 May 2017
Issue: 7747 / Categories: Legal News
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Manchester Law Society is looking for lawyers to act pro bono to help victims of the Manchester Arena attack. The Society is co-ordinating a pro bono advice rota, and is looking for firms to give free representation to bereaved families to assist with Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority claims and Inquests. Other areas of expertise sought are: administration of estates; property ownership/mortgage insurance; welfare benefits; family/child custody; death in service/pension; and financial obligations/debt. E-mail FranEccles-Bech@manchesterlawsociety.org.uk with your name, firm, full contact details and area of speciality.

Issue: 7747 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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