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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7485

12 October 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

David Pope laments hefty skeletons

Enhanced equality for agency workers provides a headache for employers, warns Sarah Johnson

David Burrows emphasises that legal professional privilege is a “substantive absolute right”

Keith Patten voices concerns over the uncertainty of limitation periods

James Naylor reports on why jurisdiction trumps good intentions in Leasehold Valuation Tribunals

Neil Parpworth examines the application of the principle of exclusive cognisance

Araba Taylor considers inheritance claims by adult children

Michael Tringham records more explosive family disputes

Daniel Curran explains how to recognise a professional probate genealogist & why you need one

Nicola Finnerty & Gemma Tombs warn why ignoring a court order could land you in serious trouble

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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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