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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7422

17 June 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Stardom, slogans & surveillance: an international update by Susan Nash

Tara Hogg puts the new UK Corporate Governance Code under the spotlight

Jonathan Cohen addresses limitation challenges & termination provisions in IT supply contracts

NOT BOTHERED; FEWER FACTS PART II; IT’S BACK

John Bramhall & Karen Boto predict potential future trends in litigation

Helene Pines Richman outlines the dangers of acting without insurance

Geoffrey Bindman is reminded of the fine balance between judicial independence & democracy

James Hambro & Partners has appointed Hannah Marshall as partner and head of legal.

The Rt Hon Sir Robin Jacob has been appointed as the first Sir Hugh Laddie Chair in Intellectual Property Law at University College London (UCL).

Clifford Chance partners have re-elected Graham Lovett to serve a further term as leader of the firm’s Middle East region.

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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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