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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7261

22 February 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

Geoffrey Bindman sheds some light on libel’s prince
of darkness

Kirkman v Euro Exide Corporation [2007] EWCA Civ 66, [2007] All ER (D) 209 (Jan)

It seems that, as the demands on local authority housing stock increase, more disabled people are looking to community care legislation to meet their housing needs.

The case law in the last month has demonstrated a current approach to the statutory procedures that seems to vary from the weariedly explanatory to the downright exasperated.

Lahey v Pirelli Tyres Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 91, [2007] All ER (D) 165 (Feb)

Savage v South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust [2006] EWHC 3562 (QB), [2007] All ER (D) 148 (Feb)

Contrary to some observers’ fears, juries can deal with complex fraud trials, argues Ian Francis

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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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