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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7590

17 January 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Jon Robins observes the fallout from the recent legal aid protests

Are the Family Procedure Rules 2010 an Alsatian mongrel of dubious legality, asks David Burrows

Is it now easier for landlords to obtain possession from assured shorthold tenants? Nathaniel Duckworth & Daniel Robinson report

Keith Patten welcomes useful guidance about the role of foreseeability in the determination of breach of duty of care

Keith Davies examines the court’s approach to the right to protest on public land

David Finnerty provides advice on how to avoid a professional negligence claim in a contested probate case

Is mediation the key to solving MCA 2005 “best interests” disputes, asks Russell Caller

Samuda v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another [2014] EWCA Civ 1, [2014] All ER (D) 03 (Jan)

Gray v Smith and others [2013] EWHC 4136 (Comm), [2013] All ER (D) 237 (Dec)

Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Company (c) and another v Al-Sayed Bader Hashim Al-Refai and others [2013] EWHC 4112 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 07 (Jan)

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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
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
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
In this week's NLJ, Steven Ball of Red Lion Chambers unpacks how advances in forensic science finally unmasked Ryland Headley, jailed in 2025 for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. Preserved swabs and palm prints lay dormant for decades until DNA-17 profiling produced a billion-to-one match
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
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
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