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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7416

06 May 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

What are the implications for Google’s proposed online library? asks Jane Foulser McFarlane

Dee v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2010] EWHC 924 (QB), [2010] All ER (D) 215 (Apr)

Onego Shipping and Chartering BV v JSC Arcadia Shipping, M/V ‘Socol 3’ [2010] EWHC 777 (Comm), [2010] All ER (D) 179 (Apr)

R (on the application of TG) v Lambeth London Borough Council [2010] EWHC 907 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 204 (Apr)

Janna Purdie considers the courts’ support of the right to arbitrate

Early case assessment could take flight, says Costa Kypre

About 4,000 mainly female Birmingham City Council staff have won their equal pay claim.

The number of paralegals working in England has doubled in the last decade and is set to rise further, according to a government-sponsored think-tank.

Ruling suggests fairness is more important than secrecy

Indirect age discrimination does not occur where an employee’s promotion depends on their having a degree and they do not have time to obtain one before retirement.

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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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