THIS ISSUE
New senior associate for DR team
New head of chambers
Silk appointed to High Court bench
New partner for corporate & commercial team
New board members for ILEX Professional Standards
Nicholas Asprey tackles the issue of the Crown & compulsory purchase
Robert Hines on the family court’s approach to orders dealing with offshore assets
Charles Wood & Jennifer Pattison gear up for Tender Round 3
Van Buggenhout and another v Banque Internationale a Luxembourg SA C-251/12
Re Sigma-Tau Pharma Ltd and another [2013] All ER (D) 31 (Oct)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Hugh James—Phil Edwards
Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire
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Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe
Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire
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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