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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7452

10 February 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

What future for legal aid?

Two recent decisions in different tribunals could not have been timed any better to liven up the debate raised in Jackson LJ’s proposals for civil costs reform and the government’s green paper.

Jen Hawkins & Malcolm Dowden explain why the Localism Bill heralds false hope, not a new dawn

Brace yourselves now! 2011 is set to be a bonanza on all fronts, says Ian Smith

Jonathan Herring reports on surrogacy dilemmas

Richard Scorer considers the rights & wrongs of kettling

Justin Bates revisits residential service charges

Nicholas Dobson tramples on outdated concepts of qualified privilege & proportionality

Jennie Gillies welcomes a decision which clarifies the relationship between contractual obligations & tortious duties

James Langford emphasises the importance of robust contracts

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Partner joins family law team inLondon

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Private client division announces five new partners

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Banking and finance team welcomes partner in London

NEWS
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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