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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7596

28 February 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

The banks’ imposition of business support measures on small to medium-sized business have gone awry, a banking lawyer has warned.
 

In an exclusive series David Burrows puts the new family court under scrutiny & assesses its ability to deliver justice

What impact will the new European Medical Device Regulations have on UK medicine, asks Sarah Moore

Will proposed new legislation improve consumer rights? Karen Clubb reports

Alison Padfield considers the limits on the freedom to choose a lawyer

R (on the application of Hiri) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 254 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 165 (Feb)

British Telecommunicatons plc v Office of Communications [2014] EWCA Civ 133, [2014] All ER (D) 158 (Feb)

R (on the application of Cornwall Council) v Secretary of State for Health and others [2014] EWCA Civ 12, [2014] All ER (D) 170 (Feb)

Wall v Mutuelle de Poitiers Assurances [2014] EWCA Civ 138, [2014] All ER (D) 178 (Feb)

Softhouse Consulting Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2014] All ER (D) 224 (Feb)

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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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