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Issue: Vol 169, Issue 7825

25 January 2019
IN THIS ISSUE

The government’s claim that legal aid is a drain on the public purse is fiction, says Geoffrey Bindman

Alison Padfield QC & Diarmuid Laffan analyse the obligations of SIPP providers

Blow to residential landlords; setting aside post-admission; family forms forever; demolition device demolished.

Are some law schools more equal than others & how can they influence your success? Dr Paula Moffatt & Melanie King report

Roderick Ramage discusses how pension scheme employers & trustees should tackle pension tussles

What laws still govern the desecration of national symbols? Athelstane Aamodt takes a vexillological tour around the world

Child relocation: Kim Beatson & Victoria Brown share an update & case law overview

Amanda Hamilton reports on the future of the paralegal sector in relation to the challenges that lie 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
In this week's NLJ, Steven Ball of Red Lion Chambers unpacks how advances in forensic science finally unmasked Ryland Headley, jailed in 2025 for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. Preserved swabs and palm prints lay dormant for decades until DNA-17 profiling produced a billion-to-one match
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
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
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