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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7331

24 July 2008
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R (on the application of Dacre and another) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court [2008] EWHC 1667 (Admin), [2008] All ER (D) 223 (Jul)

Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions v N E Plastics Ltd [2008] All ER (D) 161 (Jul)

Bulale v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 806, [2008] All ER (D)

Smith v R [2008] EWCA Crim 1342, [2008] All ER (D) 343 (Jun)

R (Bhatt Murphy (a firm)) v Independent Assessor; R (Niazi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 755, [2008] All ER (D) 127 (Jul)

R v Cundell [2008] EWCA Crim 1420

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Laura Davidson considers the covert medication of patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983

Legal news update

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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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