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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7419

27 May 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

The Legal Services Consumer Panel has called for greater disclosure and regulation of referral fees.

A 13-year dispute between two brothers over a Devonshire farm left in a will has ended

Rising prosperity in the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) presents huge opportunities for lawyers

Nessa v London Borough of Tower Hamlets [2010] EWCA Civ 559, [2010] All ER (D) 191 (May)

Roberts v Gill & Co and others [2010] UKSC 22, [2010] All ER (D) 180 (May)

R (on the application of Herron and another) v Parking Adjudicator[2010] EWHC 1161 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 219 (May)

Re Bloomsbury Int Ltd and others v Holyoake and others [2010] EWHC 1150 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 207 (May)

Nahome and another v Last Cawthra Feather Solicitors EWHC 76 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 162 (May)

Adris and others v Royal Bank of Scotland (Cartel Client Review Ltd and others, additional parties) [2010] All ER (D) 156 (May), [2010] EWHC 941 (QB)

Cleveland Bridge (UK) Ltd v Whessoe-Volker Stevin Joint Venture [2010] EWHC 1076 (TCC), [2010] All ER (D) 206 (May)

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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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