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Issue: Vol 172, Issue 7967

18 February 2022
IN THIS ISSUE
NLJ aims to help you achieve the best possible match through our Jobs & Careers hub. As well as recruitment ads, it offers business-critical information and advice through a range of articles
Faras Baloch charts the potential role of artificial intelligence in disclosure & privilege review in criminal cases
Alastair Gillespie examines whether cricketer Azeem Rafiq could bring a claim for vicarious liability
Environmental, social & governance: Clare Hughes‑Williams & Sarah Crowther on why law firms should keep all three top of the agenda if they want to keep the lights on in the long term
Corporate landlords give thanks; Don’t forget the pension; Domestic abuse: definition extension; Financial remedies: HURRY!
Black Swan flies & The Siskina lists: Brian Lacy reports on a key decision on freestanding freezing injunctions
Nicholas Dobson reflects on lessons learnt from the Harry Miller case & discusses the perception-based recording of non-crime hate incidents
Mark Pawlowski looks at some unusual English cases in equity & trust law
The racist abuse meted out to talented cricketer Azeem Rafiq hit the headlines this year, and his evidence to a parliamentary committee portrayed ‘a sport in which a culture of humiliation, intimidation and racism, generally passed off by its proponents and practitioners as workplace banter, had been endemic for so many years that it ran through establishments such as Yorkshire County Cricket Club (Yorkshire) like the writing on a stick of Blackpool rock’, as Alastair Gillespie, partner at Horwich Farrelly, writes in this week’s NLJ
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Sharpe Pritchard—Victoria Heald-Barraclough

Sharpe Pritchard—Victoria Heald-Barraclough

Magic Circle hire strengthens Sharpe Pritchard’s infrastructure finance capability

Lewis Silkin—Iskander Fernandez

Lewis Silkin—Iskander Fernandez

Lewis Silkin adds corporate crime specialist to growing dispute resolution team

Morr & Co—Michael Charalambous

Morr & Co—Michael Charalambous

Morr Co strengthens private client team with partner appointment

NEWS
Should every solicitor found to have acted dishonestly face automatic striking off? The answer, argues John Gould, chair of Russell-Cooke LLP in NLJ this week, is no 
Winning an arbitral award against a state is one thing; enforcing it is another
Can government success in court tell us whether the rule of law is healthy? 
Poorly drafted dispute resolution clauses can trigger litigation before the real dispute is even addressed
As cryptocurrency becomes mainstream, family lawyers are increasingly confronting the challenges it creates on divorce
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