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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7465

12 May 2011
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The City of London Law Society has recently formed a new specialist working group

SAV Credit Limited, has appointed Stephen Rowland to the newly-created role of general counsel and chief administration officer.

UK200Group, the association of independent chartered accountancts and lawyers, has launched a training course to help solicitors maximise their profit potential.

A London council acted unlawfully in failing to refer a homeless teenager to its children’s services department when processing his housing application, the Court of Appeal has held.

Court holds human rights of Former F1 boss were not breached

Lord Justice Wilson and Jonathan Sumption QC have been appointed justices of the Supreme Court

Banks drop fight over payment protection insurance

The legal profession and government legal bodies have made a concerted effort to broaden the profile of the judiciary, according to the first progress report of the Judicial Diversity Taskforce.

Proposals to allow employers to report injuries at work only where the employee has been off for seven days could put workers at greater risk, APIL has warned

Councils would have a statutory duty to work with the NHS under radical proposals to reform adult social care law.

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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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