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Issue: Vol 169, Issue 7835

05 April 2019
IN THIS ISSUE

Ian Smith, our resident employment guru, proves that two’s company, three or more’s a crowd...

Summing up his series on the unfairness of escalating ground rent, Rawdon Crozier proposes a way out of the dungeon

In the wake of the home secretary’s approval of revised rules on conferring by police officers in writing up their post-event accounts, David Wolchover & Anthony Heaton-Armstrong conclude their series on the issues at the heart of the debate

Missing persons; letting agents targeted; more bingo & forfeiture traps 

Tim Smith provides a read & store guide to Making Tax Digital

Athelstane Aamodt explains why gun control advocates have got their work cut out

Dominic Regan reports on the next steps for Sir Rupert Jackson’s fixed costs finale

Committee calls for abolition of short sentences & criticises government’s ‘crisis management’ approach
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Maryam Syed KC, Church Court Chambers

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—Richard Breavington, Rachel Ford & Daniel Guilfoyle

DAC Beachcroft significantly expands Cyber team, hiring three Cyber partners

Browne Jacobson—Professor Clive Kay

Browne Jacobson—Professor Clive Kay

Browne Jacobson appoints senior healthcare leader Professor Clive Kay as strategic adviser

NEWS
As family justice moves further away from the courtroom, collaborative law is emerging as an increasingly important route to resolving separation disputes
A busy period for employment law is producing important lessons for employers, employees and tribunals alike
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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