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NLJ this week: Civil way...Family pilot, claims track rise, data protection & vaccination opponents

04 March 2022
Issue: 7969 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Former District Judge Stephen Gold covers an increase in the small claims track limit for non-road traffic accidents, in Civil Way this week

His coverage includes incidents on the parameters―‘an incident that looks, smells and talks like a road traffic accident but is outside the definition’.

Gold looks at a family court pilot taking place at some seaside locations, as well as investigating why ‘the High Court is fed up with low-value data protection cases and the customary ragbag of heads of claim’. He also covers caselaw concerning a looked after child whose mother opposed vaccination.
Issue: 7969 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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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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