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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7356

12 February 2009
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Child Support Agency (Dudley) v Truman (EAT, 10 December 2008) Premium Content

Peter Hungerford-Welch, associate dean, The City Law School, City University London. W www.city.ac.uk/law
 

12 February 2009 / Peter Hungerford-welch
A scandal in our midst Premium Content

David Burrows laments the ruinous costs’ toll of family proceedings

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Beyond satirical debate? Premium Content

Roger Smith predicts an end to civil legal aid (and history) as we know it

12 February 2009 / Roger Smith
Lords serve up teacakes verdict

It’s a £3.5m question: “Is a teacake a biscuit or a cake?”

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Disputed retainer Premium Content

In billing disputes is the client always right? asks Jonathan Pratt

12 February 2009 / Jonathan Pratt
A costly delay Premium Content

Contractual clauses won’t always offer protection if you delay in reacting. Sara Partington reports

12 February 2009 / Sara Partington
March of the regulators

Law firms need to prepare for an increase in regulatory investigations. Greg Wildisen explains why

12 February 2009 / Greg Wildisen
“West Tankers” knock Premium Content

Arbitration

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Holmes-Moorhouse v Richmond upon Thames LBC [2009] UKHL 7

Peter Hungerford-Welch, associate dean, The City Law School, City University London. W www.city.ac.uk/law

12 February 2009 / Peter Hungerford-welch
ZT (Kosovo) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] UKHL 6, [2009] All ER (D) 38 (Feb)

Peter Hungerford-Welch, associate dean, The City Law School, City University London. W www.city.ac.uk/law

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In this week's NLJ, Steven Ball of Red Lion Chambers unpacks how advances in forensic science finally unmasked Ryland Headley, jailed in 2025 for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. Preserved swabs and palm prints lay dormant for decades until DNA-17 profiling produced a billion-to-one match
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NLJ this week: Fraud claims climb as courts brace for AI threats
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