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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7405

18 February 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Sandra Walsh on coping with the rising tide of missing beneficiaries

Paul Hewitt & Paola Fudakowska report on codicils & statutory legacies

Janina Porter outlines when a Jersey Will is recommended

When sales patter becomes fraud—damages go sky high, say Matthew Lawson & Piers Elliott

Soaring fees; Drug addicts: bad news; Witness immunity; TOLATA beats AR

Malcolm Dowden on planning enforcement & immunity

Michael Feakes on a recent court decision which blew CFAs a fair wind

Drew v Whitbread [2010] EWCA Civ 53, [2010] All ER (D) 104 (Feb)

R (on the application of Ghai) v Newcastle City Council (Ramgharia Gurdwara, Hitchin and another intervening) [2010] EWCA Civ 59, [2010] All ER (D) 106 (Feb)

Rok Building Ltd v Celtic Composting Systems Ltd (No 2) [2010] EWHC 66 (TCC), [2010] All ER (D) 107 (Feb)

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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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