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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7384

10 September 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

William Hare Limited and another v Shepherd Construction Limited [2009] EWHC 1603 (TCC), [2009] All ER (D) 01 (Sep)

R (on the application of AB) v Secretary of State for Justice and another [2009] EWHC 2220 (Admin), [2009] All ER (D) 28 (Sep)

Masri v Consolidated Contractors International Company SAL and others [2009] UKHL 43, [2009] All ER (D) 340 (Jul)

Designer Stella McCartney has won the right to continue with the launch of her “Stellanude” perfume range.

Release of terror suspect casts doubt over future handling of detainees

Grievances about banking and loan products accounted for more than half of all nine million client complaints against financial services firms over a three year period.

Professional indemnity insurance deadline could cause the closure of many firms

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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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