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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7256

18 January 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

Why do we allow revenge and neglect to play such major roles in our justice systems?

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Geoff Barrett and Martin Finigan highlight the dangers of relying on composite insurance

Steven Raeburn exposes the uneasy consequences of the baser elements of journalism

Lea Brocklebank considers the challenges facing insurance lawyers in 2007

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Timing should not let rapists off the hook argues
Kjersti Lehmann

Dadourian Group International Inc v Simms and others
[2006] EWCA Civ 1745, [2006] All ER (D) 305 (Dec)

Dominic Thomas explains why the demand for environmental insurance is on the increase

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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
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
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
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
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
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