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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7653

22 May 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of Reverend Nicolson) v Tottenham Magistrates [2015] EWHC 1252 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 54 (May)

The introduction of LLPs & ABSs has had unforeseen consequences for professional executors, says Sian Thompson

Thomas Spencer suggests an elegant but overlooked approach for lifting the corporate veil

Starbucks (HK) Ltd and another v British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc and others [2015] UKSC 31, [2015] All ER (D) 103 (May)

R (on the application of Williams by his father and litigation friend Richard Williams) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 1268 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 96 (May)

Blood is not necessarily thicker than water where will validity is concerned, observes Emma Myers

Gaughran v Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland [2015] UKSC 29, [2015] All ER (D) 100 (May)

Chinnock v Veale Wasbrough and another [2015] EWCA Civ 441, [2015] All ER (D) 65 (May)

Jonathan Herring questions the family courts’ treatment of wilful children

Cashman v Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 1312 (QB), [2015] All ER (D) 104 (May)

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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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