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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7588

12 December 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter discuss some of the key developments of 2013 & share a few predictions...

Mediation to take centre stage as the default ADR technique

Third reading of Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill

SRA launches 12-week consultation into education & training regulation

Independent practice rights for CILEx fellows

Bar chair-elect calls for abolition of LSB

Supreme Court ruled that it was in child's best interests to return to US

Religious belief need not be a “core component of the Christian faith” to establish claim

More women than men recommended for judicial posts

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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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