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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7548

12 February 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Sintons has promoted two of its lawyers—Alok Loomba and Chris Patton—to partner

Will secret courts become the "default" position in sensitive cases?

Top 50 law firm Weightmans has elected John Schorah as its new managing partner and Dan Cutts as its new senior partner

Study predicts growth of over 4%

QC failed to pay VAT

Business law firm, DWF, and leading professional indemnity practice, Fishburns LLP, have completed their merger

Brown Rudnick LLP has announced that Charles Froud has joined the firm as a senior associate in the London office

Law firms make progress on diversity & inclusion

Coroners may hold inquests outside their own districts

Halebury, the alternative law firm that acts for some of the biggest names in business and sport, has added three heavyweight solicitors to its team

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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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