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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7453

17 February 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Decision to revoke £1bn of funding for school repairs unlawful

Two local authorities have been fined by the Information Commissioner’s Office for data protection breaches after laptops containing unencrypted information went missing.

Businesses are increasingly turning to the Human Rights Act to assert their commercial interests.

In the first of two articles, Lisa Wright reports on the costs dilemmas in infant approvals

Marley v Rawlings and another[2011] EWHC 161 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 43 (Feb)

Jennifer James misses out on time on the piste to reflect on love & the law

e Montfort Fine Art Ltd v Acre 1127 Ltd (in liquidation) (formerly known as Castle Galleries Ltd) (in liquidation) [2011] EWCA Civ 87, [2011] All ER (D) 111 (Feb)

Sharon’s Bakers (Europe) Ltd v AXA Insurance UK plc and another company [2011] EWHC 210 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 107 (Feb)

Minkin v Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor [2011] EWHC 177 (QB), [2011] All ER (D) 82 (Feb)

D Borough Council v AB [2011] EWHC 101 (COP), [2011] All ER (D) 71 (Feb)

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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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