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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7424

01 July 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of AP) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (No 2) [2010] UKSC 26

Peter Wake applauds a common sense approach to liability

Local authorities can’t afford to prioritise resources over the interests of those in care, says Nicholas Dobson

Louisa Albertini highlights the importance of a clearly drafted trade mark coexistence agreement

What did the Budget offer families stretched by family breakdown? Geraldine Morris reports

In Al Rawi v Security Service [2010] EWCA Civ 482, [2010] All ER (D) 03 (May) the court considered a preliminary issue in a suit brought by six former detainees against several arms of the UK government.

In a second set of proceedings involving the same parties, one of them seeks to raise matters which could have been raised first time round.

Employment; Environment; Human rights; Costs

Dominic Regan casts a wry eye over some interesting cases...

Withy King welcomes Richard Baxter as a new partner in its corporate and commercial department in Oxford.

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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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