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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7718

14 October 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

P & P Property Ltd v Owen White & Catlin LLP and another [2016] EWHC 2276 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 15 (Oct)

Connaught Income Fund, Series 1 (in liquidation) v Hewetts Solicitors (a former firm) [2016] EWHC 2286 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 90 (Sep)

Abolishing renewal hearings may tackle the appeals backlog, but at what price? Richard Langley reports

Athelstane Aamodt examines the wonderfully British way in which an MP must leave Parliament

British Gas Trading Ltd v Lock and another [2016] EWCA Civ 983, [2016] All ER (D) 49 (Oct)

Middleton and another v Person Unknown or Persons Unknown [2016] EWHC 2354 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 85 (Sep)

The role of expert witness is less attractive as a result of recent litigation developments, says Mark Solon

Katrina Mather considers oral variations of licence

R (on the application of the Secretary of State) v Her Majesty’s Senior Coroner for Norfolk [2016] EWHC 2279 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 02 (Oct)

Geraldine Morris considers when applications within financial remedy proceedings should be heard separately

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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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