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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7456

10 March 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Francesca Richmond reports on local authorities successfully challenging government cuts to the school building budget

When writing a will is not enough. Dan Godsall reports

Michael Tringham surveys contentious probate cases

Chris Warren-Smith & Charles Golsong report on the proposed break-up of the FSA

There is much to go through before a deed is signed, sealed & delivered, says Lauren Roberts

R (Johns and another) v Derby City Council (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2011] EWHC 375 (Admin), [2011] All ER (D) 292 (Feb)

Association belge des Consommateurs Test-Achats ASBL and others v Conseil des ministres: C-236/09, [2011] All ER (D) 07 (Mar)

Mason and others v Mills & Reeve (a firm) [2011] EWHC 410 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 11 (Mar)

R (on the application of Murdock) v Secretary of State [2011] EWCA Civ 161, [2011] All ER (D) 254 (Feb)

Powell v London Borough of Hounslow [2011] UKSC 8, [2011] All ER (D) 255 (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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