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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7728

06 January 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Does a bank performing an interest rate hedging product review owe the claimant a duty of care, asks Simon Duncan

Plans to reform whiplash cause frustration within the legal profession

In the final of a series of articles, Frank Maher advises upon how to tackle rogue partners & employees

The variety of application of the laws of contempt are explained by David Burrows in the first of two articles on contempt in court

The profession should unite to condemn proposals to take damages from injured people, says Patrick Allen

Confidential information held by public bodies for public purposes should be treated with the utmost care in accordance with statutory conditions, warns Nicholas Dobson

Spencer Keen explores the limits of the duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled employees

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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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