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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7698

13 May 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd and another v Independent Power Tanzania Ltd and others [2016] EWCA Civ 411, [2016] All ER (D) 208 (Apr)

R (on the application of Reilly and another) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; Jeffrey and another v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2016] EWCA Civ 413, [2016] All ER (D) 21 (May)

V v Associated Newspapers Ltd and others [2016] EWCOP 21, [2016] All ER (D) 195 (Apr)

R (on the application of Bashir and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Departmnent [2016] EWHC 954 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 202 (Apr)

Shindler and another v Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster and another [2016] EWHC 957 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 188 (Apr)

Athelstane Aamodt & Michael Paulin consider the question of informative & uninformative whistleblowing allegations

Hitesh Chowdhry on deciphering the true meaning of Pyrrho for predictive coding

Stephen Critchley considers which alleged competition law abuses by the banks are likely to lead to damages actions & which aren’t

Gibbs v Leeds United Football Club Ltd [2016] EWHC 960 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 206 (Apr)

A failure in public trust undermines the foundations of local authority democracy, says Nicholas Dobson

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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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