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Issue: Vol 174, Issue 8058

09 February 2024
IN THIS ISSUE
"It will occupy an important place in the library of both seasoned and aspiring trust lawyers"
It’s all about unfair dismissal, computation and TUPE in NLJ’s Employment law brief this week, as Ian Smith covers a trio of recent cases

Our current prime minister was ‘elected’ by about 160,000 Conservative Party members, yet members of the public have no right to know basic information about them

Deepfakes, whether of Taylor Swift or Donald Trump, have obviously harmful potential consequences for the unwitting subject—but what legal action can be taken against them?

Professor Dominic Regan laments a lost chance to ‘get some definitive guidance from the Court of Appeal’ on the right to see a breakdown of expert costs

Law firm Irwin Mitchell did not have a duty to provide specific advice during an initial call to its legal helpline about an injury on holiday, the Court of Appeal has held in Miller v Irwin Mitchell [2024] EWCA Civ 53
Commercial law barristers are the happiest, according to the Wellbeing at the Bar Report 2024

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is reviewing its overall approach to consumer protection, following the collapse of Axiom Ince

Judges are to be given guidelines for the first time on sentencing blackmail, kidnap and false imprisonment offences
Baroness Carr, the Lady Chief Justice, praised the ‘tireless’ work of the judiciary this week, at her annual press conference
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Daniel Burbeary, Michelman Robinson

NLJ Career Profile: Daniel Burbeary, Michelman Robinson

Daniel Burbeary, office managing partner of Michelman Robinson, discusses launching in London, the power of the law, and what the kitchen can teach us about litigating

Joelson—Jennifer Mansoor

Joelson—Jennifer Mansoor

West End firm strengthens employment and immigration team with partner hire

JMW—Belinda Brooke

JMW—Belinda Brooke

Employment and people solutions offering boosted by partner hire

NEWS

The Court of Appeal has slammed the brakes on claimants trying to swap defendants after limitation has expired. In Adcamp LLP v Office Properties and BDB Pitmans v Lee [2026] EWCA Civ 50, it overturned High Court rulings that had allowed substitutions under s 35(6)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980, reports Sarah Crowther of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ

Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year
As AI-generated ‘deepfake’ images proliferate, the law may already have the tools to respond. In NLJ this week, Jon Belcher of Excello Law argues that such images amount to personal data processing under UK GDPR
In a striking financial remedies ruling, the High Court cut a wife’s award by 40% for coercive and controlling behaviour. Writing in NLJ this week, Chris Bryden and Nicole Wallace of 4 King’s Bench Walk analyse LP v MP [2025] EWFC 473
A €60.9m award to Kylian Mbappé has refocused attention on football’s controversial ‘ethics bonus’ clauses. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law examines how such provisions sit within French labour law
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