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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7597

07 March 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Pressure on home secretary to hold an inquiry

Warning over rising number of flood claims

Richard Scorer & Lizanne Gumbel QC discuss the liability of local authorities for foster carers

How do the courts treat post-separation earnings? Robert Micklem & Lucy Marks report

A recent Court of Appeal ruling provides important clarification on the validity of s 21 notices, as Mathew McDermott reports

Makudi v Baron Triesman of Tottenham [2014] EWCA Civ 179

BDMS Ltd v Rafael Advanced Defence Systems [2014] EWHC 451 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 244 (Feb)

MB Garden Buildings Ltd v Mark Burton Construction Ltd and another [2014] EWHC 431 (IPEC), [2014] All ER (D) 276 (Feb)

Stone Brewer LLP v Just Costs Ltd [2014] EWHC 219 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 265 (Feb)

Coventry and others v Lawrence and another [2014] UKSC 13, [2014] All ER (D) 245 (Feb)

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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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