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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7619

15 August 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter consider whether obesity is a disability

Family practitioners must always have one eye on the court’s overriding objective, says Ed Heaton

Susan Bright & Lisa Whitehouse report on attempts to improve the eviction process

Tidal Energy Ltd v Bank of Scotland plc [2014] EWCA Civ 1107, [2014] All ER (D) 33 (Aug)

Re W (Children) [2014] EWFC 22, [2014] All ER (D) 25 (Aug)

DSD and another v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2014] EWHC 2493 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 18 (Aug)

Wagenaar v Weekend Travel Ltd trading as Ski Weekend [2014] EWCA Civ 1105, [2014] All ER (D) 24 (Aug)

R (on the applicaton of Buer) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 1109, [2014] All ER (D) 20 (Aug)

Hernández and others v Reino de España (Subdelegación del Gobierno de España en Alicante) and others C-198/13, [2014] All ER (D) 16 (Aug)

JXL and another v Britton [2014] EWHC 2571 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 22 (Aug)

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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
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
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
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
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