THIS ISSUE
How can the profession empower vulnerable clients to access legal services, asks Nicola Gunn
David Burrows discusses isolation of issues by mediation in financial cases
RE v United Kingdom (App. No. 62498/11) [2015] ECHR 62498/11, [2015] All ER (D) 227 (Oct)
Teva UK Ltd v Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG [2015] EWHC 2963 (Pat), [2015] All ER (D) 214 (Oct)
Directorship less attractive; final consumer dollop & pains in the neck
Umeyor v Nwakamma [2015] EWHC 2980 (QB), [2015] All ER (D) 195 (Oct)
Sentencing guidelines will “send a chill through corporate UK”
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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