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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7603

17 April 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Tom Walker & Richard Marshall explain why some employees may have less waiting time between jobs in future

Does the Johnson exclusion zone apply to constructive dismissal? Anna Macey reports

Robert O’Leary returns to the subject of who bears the risk for a working prisoner’s negligence

Alexander Bastin assesses the impact of Daejan Investments v Benson...a year on

Sophy Miles & Beverley Taylor highlight the problems stemming from the Mental Capacity Act 2005

Is there a right to inspect a defendant’s liability insurance, ask Rawdon Crozier & Anthony Eskander

Peter Vaines calls for greater security for taxpayers against negligence charges & a dose of common sense

R (on the application of JC and another) v Central Criminal Court [2014] EWHC 1041 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 53 (Apr)

Ryanair Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioner [2014] EWCA Civ 410, [2014] All ER (D) 44 (Apr)

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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