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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7358

26 February 2009
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All that gas

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26 March 2009 / Stephen Gold
Suicide—Liability for complicity in another’s suicide—Prosecuting policy Premium Content

R (on the application of Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions, Society for the Protection of Unborn Children intervening [2009] EWCA Civ 92, [2009] All ER (D) 197 (Feb)
 
 
 
Court of Appeal, Civil Division, Lord Judge CJ, Ward and Lloyd LJJ, 19 February 2009

27 February 2009
Town and country planning—Trees—Definition Premium Content

Palm Developments Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another [2009] EWHC 220 (Admin), [2009] EWHC 220 (Admin)

Queen’s Bench Division, Administrative Court, Cranston J, 13 February 2009

27 February 2009 / All England Law Reporters
Woolf’s litigants Premium Content

How have 10 years of the Civil Procedure Rules affected litigants in person? Peter Thompson QC reports

26 February 2009 / Peter Thompson KC
Law in 101 words Premium Content

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

26 February 2009 / Roderick Ramage
Breaking the silence Premium Content

Guernsey Company Law is no longer tacit on takeovers. Roger Le Tissier reports

26 February 2009 / Roger Le Tissier
Legislation round-up

Legislation news update

26 February 2009
Added Protection Premium Content

Peter Hayden outlines a beneficial decision for investors in hedge funds wishing to bring multiple derivative actions

26 February 2009 / Peter Hayden
Legislation round-up

Legislation news update

26 February 2009
Civil legal aid from 2010 Premium Content

Consultation and inclusiveness are key to the future success of civil legal aid, says Carolyn Regan

26 February 2009 / Carolyn Regan
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DWF—19 appointments

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Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

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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
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NLJ this week: Traders’ convictions quashed in Libor shock
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
NLJ this week: Pro bono power without the red tape
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
NLJ this week: DNA evidence—justice on ice?
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
NLJ this week: Small firms call for tech clarity as AI looms
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
NLJ this week: Fraud claims climb as courts brace for AI threats
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
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