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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7761

15 September 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Alex Hawley reflects on the rise in anti-austerity sentiment & the possible impact of the Unison judgment on civil court fees

Philip Evans QC & Tom Orpin-Massey cast an eye over the Gambling Commission’s new enforcement suite

Lawyers tell woeful tales about insurers unjustly prolonging litigation but experts can delay proceedings too, says David Locke

Peter Vaines discusses principles, stale discoveries & the downside of holiday property lets

JRM (by his father and litigation friend TRM) v King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust [2017] EWHC 1913 (QB), [2017] All ER (D) 30 (Aug)

Re Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Case AK) [2017] EWHC 1154 (Fam), [2017] All ER (D) 55 (Aug)

Frosdick v Fox and another [2017] EWHC 1737 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 35 (Aug)

JSC Mezhdunarodniy Promyshlenniy Bank and another v Pugachev and others, [2017] EWHC 1936 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 41 (Aug)

Singh v Weayou [2017] EWHC 2102 (QB), [2017] All ER (D) 63 (Aug)

Re LB Holdings Intermediate 2 Ltd (in administration) [2017] EWHC 2032 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 45 (Aug)

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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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