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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7328

03 June 2008
IN THIS ISSUE

Political and judicial support for mediation is increasing, says Steven Friel

E B Kosovo (FC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKHL 41, [2008] All ER (D) 334 (Jun)

R (on the application of Weaver) v London and Quadrant Housing Trust [2008] EWHC 1377 (Admin) [2008] All ER (D) 307 (Jun)

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The government should avoid introducing knee-jerk legislation to allow witnesses to give evidence anonymously, warns John Cooper

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INTERPRETATION OF EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS
PI DAMAGES FOR PUBLIC NUISANCE

Employers should be wary of varying employees' terms and conditions to ward off the effects of the credit crunch, says Jeremy Nixon

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Roger Harris reviews recent decisions relating to the Animals Act

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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
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
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
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
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
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
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