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09 October 2014
Issue: 7625 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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Space detectives

Lift off for the world’s first “space detective agency”!

The company, Air and Space Evidence, will provide an unprecedented service offering data from Earth Observation technologies to be used as evidence in legal and insurance cases. It will specialise in providing photographic, Earth observation and radar based imagery from satellites, unmanned aerial systems and aircraft as evidence in legal or insurance cases.

It is run by Ray Harris, Professor of Geography at University College London (UCL), Ray Purdy, visiting senior research fellow at the Faculty of Laws, UCL, and Peter Hjerp, Institute of European Environmental Policy associate.

Issue: 7625 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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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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