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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7426

15 July 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Jonathan Arr charts the history of equitable set-off

Melanie Adams considers when employees working abroad may bring unfair dismissal claims

HJ (Iran) and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] UKSC 31

R (on the application of A) v Lambeth London Borough Council [2010] EWHC 1652 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 58 (Jul)

Southern Pacific Securities 05-2 plc v Walker and another [2010] UKSC 32

Expect fireworks as major changes to legal services start to take off, says Samantha Barrass

Jennifer James provides a lesson on living with disappointment

Section 44 stopped in its tracks by court ruling

A third of barristers want to join new business structures within the next five years but the vast majority want the Bar to remain independent.

Persecuted homosexuals may claim asylum in UK

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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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