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Supreme Court report

15 July 2010
Issue: 7426 / Categories: Legal News
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The Supreme Court heard 43 appeals and gave 42 judgments in its first six months since opening in October 2009

The Supreme Court heard 43 appeals and gave 42 judgments in its first six months since opening in October 2009, according to its first annual report and accounts which were published this week.

The document also reveals the court has 39 permanent members of staff, its net operating costs amounted to £11.4m, its justices and staff costs were £2.7m, its other programme costs were £12.1m and its operating income was £3.4m.

The Supreme Court website was visited by nearly 160,000 people. A documentary about the creation of the court by Karen Hamilton Productions will be aired later this year.

Issue: 7426 / 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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