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Employment barrister Ian Smith, general editor of Harvey, toasts five decades of ‘the practitioner’s bible on employment law’. It’s a fast-moving area of law, so much so that ‘the hard copy version, now in six volumes, would now need a pick-up truck to carry’
Making history: Ian Smith performs a perfect loop-the-loop & serves up three significant Court of Appeal decisions
Charles Pigott reports on a Court of Appeal ruling widening the scope for back-dated holiday pay claims
Pimlico Plumbers smoothes the path to back-dated holiday claims
P&O Ferries will face expensive legal action for firing 800 crew members with immediate effect via video call, lawyers have predicted
Remembrance of things past: Ian Smith reflects on echoes from the past & unravels some current employment conundrums
Barrister Ian Smith covers agency workers and ‘fire and rehire’ among a range of topics in Employment Law Brief, in this week’s NLJ
Ian Smith draws inner strength from a great statesman &  tackles the impenetrable conundrum that is unjust enrichment & quantum meruit
John McMullen presents a round-up of the latest cases on TUPE transfers
To kick off the new year, Ian Smith serves up a selection of delights including the role of fairness, the impact of the ACAS uplift & the relevance of gross misconduct in unfair dismissal claims
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Maryam Syed KC, Church Court Chambers

NLJ Career Profile: Maryam Syed KC, Church Court Chambers

From childhood dreams of the Bar to some of the country's most challenging cases, Maryam Syed KC explains why she has never stopped standing up for others

DAC Beachcroft—Richard Breavington, Rachel Ford & Daniel Guilfoyle

DAC Beachcroft—Richard Breavington, Rachel Ford & Daniel Guilfoyle

DAC Beachcroft significantly expands Cyber team, hiring three Cyber partners

Browne Jacobson—Professor Clive Kay

Browne Jacobson—Professor Clive Kay

Browne Jacobson appoints senior healthcare leader Professor Clive Kay as strategic adviser

NEWS
As family justice moves further away from the courtroom, collaborative law is emerging as an increasingly important route to resolving separation disputes
A busy period for employment law is producing important lessons for employers, employees and tribunals alike
From forgotten interest claims to case-management appeals, a string of procedural developments offers useful—and occasionally cautionary—lessons for practitioners

Jonathan Fisher KC highlights that it now accounts for around 40% of criminal offences, with roughly 70% involving technology, and argues that the UK cannot simply prosecute its way out of the problem. Detection, investigation and prosecution all require improvement, while different fraud types demand tailored responses.

How forcefully can a litigant criticise a public authority before robust advocacy crosses the line into unreasonable conduct? 
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