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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7417

13 May 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

The civil justice system needs a champion in government

“I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered!”

The last year has seen both the 10th anniversary of the inception of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the enactment of the Health Act 2009

Durham Tees Valley Airport Ltd v BMIBaby Ltd and another [2010] EWCA Civ 485, [2010] All ER (D) 57 (May)

Tariq v Home Office [2010] EWCA Civ 462, [2010] All ER (D) 08 (May)

Mireskandari v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2010] EWHC 967 (QB), [2010] All ER (D) 06 (May)

The elegant words of Maitland 100 years ago describing trusts as an institute of great elasticity and generality and as the most distinctive achievement of English lawyers, can no longer be taken to be the whole story.

Hugh Tomlinson QC & Oliver Gayner assess the Supreme Court’s Hilary Term

David Burrows considers when lawyers can (& should) terminate retainers

Geraldine Morris reports on funding former spouses & hypothetical claims

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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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