Lawyers unite to condemn “over-personalised” attack on privacy judge
ID cards roll out
Peter Hungerford-Welch, associate dean, The City Law School, City University London. www.city.ac.uk/law
Pro bono week
R (on the application of Cukurova Finance International Ltd) v HM Treasury [2008] EWHC 2567 (Admin), [2008] All ER (D) 02 (Nov)
Digicel (St Lucia) Ltd v Cable and Wireless plc [2008] EWHC 2522 (Ch), [2008] All ER (D) 226 (Oct)
Practice—Family proceedings—Costs
Real gloom
Child protection
Ed Mitchell & Clive Lewis QC on care home closures and the plight of vulnerable adults
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Thomson Hayton Winkley—Jordan Wallace
Thomson Hayton Winkley strengthens family law team
Ward Hadaway—Barnaby Rosenthall
Construction lawyer returns to Ward Hadaway in Teesside role
Bird & Bird—Shahin Baghaei
Bird Bird hires leading legal transformation expert
Jonathan Fisher KC highlights that it now accounts for around 40% of criminal offences, with roughly 70% involving technology, and argues that the UK cannot simply prosecute its way out of the problem. Detection, investigation and prosecution all require improvement, while different fraud types demand tailored responses.
