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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7291

04 October 2007
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R v Xhelollari [2007] EWCA Crim 2052

SELF INCRIMINATION >>
ADVERSE Possession >>
INHERITANCE TAX >>
MARGIN OF Appreciation >>

Trial judges, if not the government, believe juries can cope with serious fraud offences. Michael Zander QC reports

Welsh v Stokes [2007] EWCA Civ 796, [2007] All ER (D) 440 (Jul)

In the first of two articles, Michael Tyndale explains why being incredibly busy is a great way to offload stress

Spackman v London Metropolitan University [2007] IRLR 744

Thompson v Northumberland County Council [2007] All ER (D) 95 (Sep)

Ross River Ltd v Cambridge City Football Club Ltd [2007] EWHC 2115 (Ch), [2007] All ER (D) 113 (Sep)

Shareholders now have a statutory right to sue directors in derivative actions. Will they use it? asks Dov Ohrenstein

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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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