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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7763

28 September 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Jon Robins welcomes Lord Bach’s proposal to put legal advice on a par with the right to free healthcare & education

With a further shift expected to the discount rate, Julian Chamberlayne questions how much under compensation is considered full compensation?

Should a week’s pay be calculated to include employer’s pension contributions, asks Charles Pigott

Rupert Reed QC puts the security of the landlord’s rights under the spotlight

A warning from Martin Mears that landlords are at risk from a pernicious & unjust rule concerning tenants’ deposits

Nicholas Roberts explores the practicalities of assigning responsibility for fire safety in long leasehold flats

This week, Dominic Regan addresses estimates & revisits the problem of incurred costs

CPR updated 92nd time, new PD on child abuse, QOCS skirmish

Max Withington believes proposed model directions to be used in credit hire cases are on the right track

Rasul v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2017] UKUT 357 (TCC), [2017] All ER (D) 88 (Sep)

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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
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
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
Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Rylatt and Robyn Laye of Anthony Gold Solicitors examine recent international relocation cases where allegations of domestic abuse shaped outcomes
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
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