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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7484

04 October 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Ty Jones, head of values and corporate responsibility at national law firm, DWF, has been appointed to the disability employment engagement steering group...

Premier League television rights shaken by European Court of Justice ruling

Rise in qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims

Human rights lawyers have dismissed home secretary Theresa May’s proposal to reform the immigration rules as “unworkable”

Government guidance unlawfully condoned the practice of “hooding” foreign detainees, the High Court has ruled this week

Solicitors who “blow the whistle” on misconduct could be given more lenient sanctions, under Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) plans

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators provide results of five-continent study

New 532-page handbook launched online

HLE blogger Charles Foster examines the emotive issue of the withdrawal of artificial nutrition & hydration from patients

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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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