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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7575

13 September 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Jon Robins takes little solace from the government’s recent U-turn on legal aid reform

Transfer problems in professional indemnity insurance market

A NHS Trust v Dr A [2013] EWHC 2442 (COP), [2013] All ER (D) 07 (Sep)

Baker v Hallam Estates Ltd and another [2013] EWHC 2668 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 40 (Sep)

Coulson v Department for Work and Pensions UKEAT/0572/12/LA, [2013] All ER (D) 31 (Sep)

Standing charge falls over...

Boutique and US firms gaining market share

Rogers and another v Hoyle [2013] EWHC 1409 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 21 (Sep)

Carr v Penman [2013] EWHC 2679 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 18 (Sep)

Could mis-selling in the derivatives market be the PPI equivalent for small businesses? Charles Lazarevic reports

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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
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, 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
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
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
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
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