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10 October 2013
Issue: 7579 / Categories: Legal News
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Justice Secretary announces UK Global Law Summit

Britain’s legal services are to be showcased in London in February 2015 at the first ever UK Global Law Summit, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced. The event will mark 800 years of the Magna Carta. Grayling said the summit would be “a world class conference showcasing the UK's unrivalled legal expertise, based on a long history of freedom and justice”. “I am determined to help UK law firms and lawyers succeed in the global race and develop the business opportunities created by their world-class reputation,” he added.

Issue: 7579 / 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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