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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7461 + 7462

14 April 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Geoffrey Bindman recounts life as Sue Grabbit & Runne

The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) has published the list of panel deputies it has appointed.

Olswang welcomes David Bunker, Victoria Gaskell, Simone Ketchell, Ruth Marken and Mat Speed from 1 May.

Damian White has joined HBJ claim solutions, as a partner specialising in employer and public liability cases in their Glasgow office.

A joint team from The College of Law in York and University of York Law School have demonstrated their advocacy skills by winning the Beachcroft Mooting Shield.

Aggressive or misleading trading acts to be outlawed

Solution to improve workload issues is to increase the judiciary

New measures to improve procedures for handling mesothelioma and other disease compensation claims have come into effect.

A campaign to reduce the burden on solicitors of the money laundering regulations has taken a major step forward, according to the Law Society.

A county court judge’s exercise of discretion in deciding a sensitive relocation case cannot be interfered with unless there is a “sufficient error of law” in the balancing exercise, the Court of Appeal has held.

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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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