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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7265

22 March 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

Are websites responsible for users’ behaviour? Richard Scorer asks where we should draw the line online

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has won a court victory against VAT ‘carousel’ fraud.

More than 1,000 legal aid solicitors took to the streets this week to protest against proposed changes to the legal aid system that they say will hit the poorest members of society.

Proposals to relax fingerprinting restrictions and allow police to question suspects until the time of their trial—even after charges have been made—have been attacked by lawyers and civil rights campaigners.

A substantial proportion of traditional smaller law firms will disappear over the next few years to make way for more efficient legal services providers, a leading legal academic predicts.

The House of Lords’ ruling that two men must pay living expenses for the time they spent in jail for crimes they did not commit “added insult to injury”, says the solicitor for the men.

Lawyers are maximising the opportunities presented by climate change, says Paul Clarke

In his final article on the Fraud Act 2006, Nicholas Yeo discusses the common law conspiracy to defraud

Mobilix Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2007] All ER (D) 351 (Feb)

R (Stellato) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2007] UKHL 5, [2007] All ER (D) 251 (Mar)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Partner joins family law team inLondon

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Private client division announces five new partners

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Banking and finance team welcomes partner in London

NEWS
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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