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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7500

08 February 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Government & ABI “stoking” compensation culture myth

Bar survey offers an insight into the working life of barristers

Court of Appeal rules that Tiffin is not employee

Concerns over regulatory compliance delays business activities

Alternative business structure requests hit 100

EAT finds law firm guilty of sexual orientation discrimination

Pinsent Masons and McGrigors have confirmed plans to merge after a partner vote.

Hill Dickinson’s insurance business team has appointed two senior lawyers and a developent manager.

Penningtons Solicitors LLP has recruited John Hargreaves to head its healthcare team.

Appleby has picked up a hat-trick of awards for its private client and trusts work.

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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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