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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7772

01 December 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Roderick Ramage reworks William Shakespeare in bite-size format

Judicial Q&A: challenge route; goods without cash; too much court; mortgage release doubts; who decides on committal?

Jan-Jaap Baer & Mark Hall review recent developments in the law of privilege

Enforcing possession orders in the High Court: Brooke Lyne reviews the meaning of sufficient notice

Gig economy cases are changing the way courts consider employment status, as Tim Welch reports

The Lachaux ruling has brought some much-needed clarity to the definition of serious harm in defamation cases, says Athelstane Aamodt

Laura Naser provides an update on the fall-out from the international cohabitee jurisdiction race

Nicholas Bevan regrets that an opportunity has been missed & justice has not been done

Peter Vaines reflects on some good jokes but little else of substance in the Chancellor’s recent announcements

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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
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
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
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
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