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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7572

09 August 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Teal Assurance Co Ltd v WR Berkley Insurance (Europe) Ltd and another company [2013] UKSC 57, [2013] All ER (D) 387 (Jul)
 

The courts have performed some important employment work recently, notes Ian Smith

 Jonathan Herring explains how divorce settlements can be unequal but fair

Who bears the risk for a working prisoner’s negligence? Robert O’Leary reports

Jag-Preet Kaur & Henrietta Mason provide a wills & probate update

Michael Tringham recalls tales of heir-hunting

Andrew Otchie reflects on the approach to granting an anti-anti suit injunction

McCaughey and others v United Kingdom (App no 43098/09) [2013] ECHR 43098/09, [2013] All ER (D) 260 (Jul)

Tchenguiz and another v Director of the Serious Fraud Office and others and other cases [2013] EWHC 2297 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 357 (Jul)

Jones v Governing Body of Story Wood School and Children’s Centre UKEAT/0522/12/JOJ, [2013] All ER (D) 334 (Jul)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

NEWS
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Rylatt and Robyn Laye of Anthony Gold Solicitors examine recent international relocation cases where allegations of domestic abuse shaped outcomes
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