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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7633

05 December 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Human rights have been a popular talking point in recent times, says Roger Smith

Reasonable adjustments could play a diminishing role in capability dismissal claims, says Charles Pigott

The Supreme Court has provided important guidance on the illegality defence, as Jack Harris reports

Nicholas Dobson reports on a Supreme Court ruling on terminating a joint tenancy

Can you make time of the essence if a contract is silent on the point, asks John Sharples

R (on the application of Barclay and another) v Secretary of State for Justice and others (Attorney General of Jersey and the States of Guernsey intervening) [2014] UKSC 54, [2014] All ER (D) 258 (Oct)

McDonald (deceased) v National Grid Electricity Transmission plc [2014] UKSC 53, [2014] All ER (D) 257 (Oct)

Scott v Southern Pacific Mortgages Ltd [2014] UKSC 52, [2014] All ER (D) 251 (Oct)

Re X and others (Deprivation of Liberty) (Number 2) [2014] EWCOP 37, [2014] All ER (D) 224 (Oct)

Sugar Hut Group and others v A J Insurance [2014] EWHC 3352 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 233 (Oct)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

HFW—Simon Petch

HFW—Simon Petch

Global shipping practice expands with experienced ship finance partner hire

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Infrastructure specialist joins as partner in Glasgow office

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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