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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7483

27 September 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

IP specialist Harrison Goddard Foote has hired European and chartered patent attorney Hsu Min Chung as a partner.

The Bar Standards Board has appointed five new lay board members...

Crutes Law Firm has recruited three graduates across its offices in Newcastle and Teesside.

DWF has kicked off its Paralegal Academy with the recruitment of six new apprentices.

Roger Smith reports on some recent issues of language

Can the cost of correcting discrimination be too high, asks Alex Fox

Ian Smith observes the plight of those seeking justice in employment tribunals

Brent McDonald investigates a defendant’s liability for injuries sustained by a claimant in a subsequent incident

Clare Renton reports on a sea change in international relocation cases

Peter Lampitt considers if building works can constitute harassment

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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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