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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

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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