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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

    DAC Beachcroft—Paul Brehony

    DAC Beachcroft—Paul Brehony

    Commercial disputes practice expands with partner hire in London

    Ward Hadaway—Maria Coster

    Ward Hadaway—Maria Coster

    Partner appointed to lead family and matrimonial department in Leeds

    Slater Heelis—Helen Marsh

    Slater Heelis—Helen Marsh

    Commercial property team expands in Manchester with partner appointment

    NEWS
    Financial protections for domestic abuse victims would be strengthened and cohabiting couples be given inheritance and separation rights, under historic government proposals
    Doctors and nurses could be sued for mistakes made by the artificial intelligence (AI) equipment they use to treat patients, researchers have warned
    The law sector has been chosen as the testing ground for the government’s AI Growth Labs—speeding up development, testing and regulatory compliance so software can be market-ready more quickly
    A range of options beyond burial, cremation and burial at sea could become legally available, under Law Commission recommendations
    Artificial intelligence (AI) legal assistants will be deployed to cut delays in the Crown Court, ministers have announced
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