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
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Maryam Syed KC, Church Court Chambers
From childhood dreams of the Bar to some of the country's most challenging cases, Maryam Syed KC explains why she has never stopped standing up for others
DAC Beachcroft—Richard Breavington, Rachel Ford & Daniel Guilfoyle
DAC Beachcroft significantly expands Cyber team, hiring three Cyber partners
Browne Jacobson—Professor Clive Kay
Browne Jacobson appoints senior healthcare leader Professor Clive Kay as strategic adviser
Jonathan Fisher KC highlights that it now accounts for around 40% of criminal offences, with roughly 70% involving technology, and argues that the UK cannot simply prosecute its way out of the problem. Detection, investigation and prosecution all require improvement, while different fraud types demand tailored responses.
