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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7275

31 May 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

Adam Clemens looks at the courts’ approach to balancing a person’s right to demonstrate with the powers of the police to stop them

DPP v Chand [2007] EWHC 90 (Admin), [2007] All ER (D) 64 (Jan)

Julian Samiloff considers whether Irish abortion law breaches human rights

The country’s first Community Legal Advice Centre (CLAC) which aims to improve access to publicly funded civil legal advice for local residents, has been launched.

C plc v P (Attorney General intervening) [2007] EWCA Civ 493, [2007] All ER (D) 369 (May)

Chrisoulla Pawlowska considers the rights of free movement and residence for the partner of an EU citizen

Birmingham City Council v Walker [2007] UKHL 22, [2007] All ER (D) 237 (May)

Julian Samiloff considers whether Irish abortion law breaches human rights

A woman who had been a joint tenant of a local authority tenancy and became a sole tenant before the introduction of secure tenancies by the Housing Act 1980 was not a successor, and her son was able to succeed to the tenancy, the House of Lords has ruled.

An inquiry into how sentencing can be reformed to counter Britain’s rising prison population has been launched by the Constitutional Affairs Committee.

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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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