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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7818

23 November 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

It’s time to come clean about miscarriages of justice & mistakes denied, says Jon Robins

​In the face of ongoing uncertainty, Julian Acratopulo asks: is the pre-eminence of the London courts being disrupted?

​Professor Graham Zellick QC considers the use of the designation QC by judges

​Is it time for a specialist IT court to tackle torts committed online? John Tanburn weighs up the evidence

​How essential is the defendant’s attendance at a hearing? Adrian Lower dissects the evidence

Charles Pigott reports on the ongoing quest for precision in vicarious liability cases post-Mohamud v Morrison Supermarkets

Whether or not the latest Withdrawal Agreement succeeds, Brexit is still likely to launch a thousand writs, says David Greene

Caroline East & Ellie Hampson-Jones explain why couples who wed abroad may be caught off guard by our matrimonial property laws

Andrew Walker QC shares his reflections on a year in office & looks ahead

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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
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
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
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
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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