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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7814

26 October 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

Following the latest case with cake at the core, Athelstane Aamodt takes a culinary journey through a few more legal pickles

​A changing role in changing times? Sophie Gould reports on how in-house lawyers are adopting & adapting advances in legal technology

Question marks over lingua franca status of English law post-Brexit

Not all beneficiaries or trustee decisions are equal, as William Moffett reports

    In his second article on the challenges of amending a defendant’s name, Victor Smith considers the distinction between entities that are truly different & the same defendant merely misnamed

    John McMullen discusses the variation of employment contracts after TUPE transfers

    Legal challenges to solicitors’ bills seem set to increase, says Richard Langley

    Supermarket vicariously liable for employee breach

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    MOVERS & SHAKERS

    NLJ Career Profile: Bridget Tatham, Forum of Insurance Lawyers

    NLJ Career Profile: Bridget Tatham, Forum of Insurance Lawyers

    Bridget Tatham, partner at Browne Jacobson and 2026 president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers, highlights the importance of hard work, ambition and seizing opportunities

    Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

    Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

    Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class

    Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

    Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

    Firm makes major statement in the capital with strategic growth at The Shard

    NEWS
    One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
    The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
    Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
    Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
    Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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