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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7767

26 October 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Bible rewrite; Secret buyers; Non-matrimonial assets latest

David Hewitt reflects on the history & impact of perverse verdicts

The meaning of ‘true and fair’ may be whatever accountants say it is, as Roderick Ramage explains

As the dust settles on Ilott, Steve Evans reflects on what has & what hasn’t changed

Verbose but unambiguous. David O’Brien discusses S 14A & the parameters of limitation

Andrew Bruce provides a timely update

Lord Bach may deserve plaudits but David Burrows urges caution—that which can be given by politicians can be taken away by them

HM Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills v Interim Executive Board of Al-Hijrah School (Secretary of State for Education and others intervening) [2017] EWCA Civ 1426, [2017] All ER (D) 79 (Oct)

R (on the application of News Media Association) v Press Recognition Panel [2017] EWHC 2527 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 69 (Oct)

Armes v Nottinghamshire County Council [2017] UKSC 60, [2017] All ER (D) 87 (Oct)

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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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