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Issue: Vol 171, Issue 7961

17 December 2021
IN THIS ISSUE
Rakesh Kapila explains how forensic accountants can help when disputes arise from the administration of estates
Sarah Rushton & Sophie Georgiou address the thorny issue of vaccine mandates in the workplace
Andrew Wilkinson considers the implications of Hirachand v Hirachand for lawyers & probate practitioners
Feeling starstruck? Dominic Regan sizes up the Master of the Rolls & takes shelter from recent grenades tossed into the world of costs management
Peter Mansfield reveals the shocking truth about a popular Christmas film
Neil Parpworth interprets the latest Home Office figures on stop and search
Kim Beatson & Victoria Brown return to discuss what happens after a fact finding hearing, Scott Schedules and recent case law

The number of solicitors working in-house has risen ‘significantly’ in the past decade, amid a UK-wide boost in legal services output

Professor Dominic Regan explains why he is ‘smitten’ by the Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, in this week’s NLJ
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys senior leadership appointments

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths strengthens London Construction and Engineering practice with two strategic senior hires

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins announces strategic hire to deepen skills base in the social business sector

NEWS
More than 100 teams from the legal and financial services sectors competed in five sports at the 51st Law Society RFC Festival of Sport earlier this month
Part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, rather than the sole cause, the Supreme Court has held in Augustine v Data Cars
Britain’s new acknowledgement that Israel’s occupation is unlawful, and accompanying settlement-goods ban and sanctions, is significant but overdue, argue Danny Friedman KC and Victor Kattan in NLJ this week
New planning fee rises, wider trade union access rights and a service-by-email trap feature in Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way
Existing defamation law can respond to AI ‘hallucinations’, but allocating responsibility will prove harder where outputs reach users without human intervention
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