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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7819

30 November 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

Clare Arthurs & Richard Marshall share an (almost) A to Z of life in the costs lane

​Mark Whittell offers a novel solution to the stresses & strains of the boundary dispute

​Hannah Carroll considers the use of exclusive arbitration agreements in workplace disputes

Latest CPR update; family changes too; Costs Guide Revival; Fast then Small; Family Orders march on

Laura Martin recommends adopting a multi-disciplinary approach to occupational & industrial disease claims

Alec Samuels explores a defence that can reduce murder to manslaughter

David Burrows shines the spotlight on the latest developments in evidence & family law

​In the second part of this special series on road traffic accident reform, Nicholas Bevan reports on the difficulties of regulating highly & semi-automated vehicles

Peter Thompson QC reports from the front line on the challenges of litigating by proxy

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Thomson Hayton Winkley—Jordan Wallace

Thomson Hayton Winkley—Jordan Wallace

Thomson Hayton Winkley strengthens family law team

Ward Hadaway—Barnaby Rosenthall

Ward Hadaway—Barnaby Rosenthall

Construction lawyer returns to Ward Hadaway in Teesside role

Bird & Bird—Shahin Baghaei

Bird & Bird—Shahin Baghaei

Bird Bird hires leading legal transformation expert

NEWS
Legal aid deserts leave almost one in four without adequate access to justice
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has warned solicitors and law firms that using artificial intelligence does not alter their professional obligations, amid concerns over inaccurate legal material and client confidentiality
From forgotten interest claims to case-management appeals, a string of procedural developments offers useful—and occasionally cautionary—lessons for practitioners

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.

How forcefully can a litigant criticise a public authority before robust advocacy crosses the line into unreasonable conduct? 
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