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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7812

12 October 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

“It is a book that could be cited in court with confidence”

Are the courts softening their approach to late changes to experts? Dr Chris Pamplin reports

Mark Solon shares some tips for would-be expert witnesses

Ticket touts, inflated prices and misleading information. Alec Samuels looks at the problematic area of resold tickets

Neil Parpworth considers the current arguments and sensitivities surrounding the use of stop and search

Michael Zander QC considers a sobering new report on the UK’s collision course towards a no deal Brexit

In this month’s brief, Ian Smith shines the spotlight on some age-old ambiguities

What authority does the government have to limit the participation of pension funds in political campaigns, asks Geoffrey Bindman QC

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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