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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7273

17 May 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

David Burrows reports from the legal aid family law barricades

Divorcing couples are no longer protected from their spouse’s creditors after they split, following a landmark High Court decision.

Seamus Burns considers the legal and ethical dilemmas of egg donation

Welford v EDF Energy Networks (LPN) Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 293, [2007] All ER (D) 26 (Apr)

Combating climate change is a matter of politics, not a judicial matter for the courts, argues Peter McMaster

DPP v P [2007] EWHC 946 (Admin), [2007] All ER (D) 244 (Apr)

Is England’s position as a honeypot for libel claimants under threat? Aidan Eardley reports

Peter Gooderham dissects the government’s proposed NHS redress scheme…and finds it wanting

R v M (No 2) [2007] EWCA Crim 970, [2007] All ER (D) 258 (Apr)

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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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