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Is police cordoning a deprivation of liberty? asks Neil Parpworth

Has Woolf failed big-ticket litigation? Matthew Lawson

Part two: Mr Justice Briggs proposes a possible solution for ensuring the mediation process is confidential

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Philip Freedman CBE, a solicitor and member of the Law Society's conveyancing and land law committee, is one of six Queen's Counsel honoris causa announced this month.

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

Paul Harris & Alasdair Mackenzie discuss fresh claims & foreign cases

Damages or injunctions? Willie Manners & Jonathan Pratt report

The international enforcement of UK anti-corruption laws is on the rise, say Chris Warren-Smith, Jehan-Philippe Wood & Ian Pegram

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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
Chronic delays, duplication of work, cancelled hearings and inefficiencies in the family law courts are letting children and victims of domestic abuse down, a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) inquiry has found
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
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