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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7364

09 April 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Michael Tringham recounts how a £3m estate dispute racked up £400,000 in costs…

Businessman must live with the consequences of market speculation

Is police cordoning a deprivation of liberty? asks Neil Parpworth

Back Page Agony Column

Roger Harris on finding the right balance between state-funded care and damages

Common sense prevails in negligence claim against tag-playing teenager

Employment

Has Woolf failed big-ticket litigation? Matthew Lawson

Part one: Simon Young puts the Legal Services Act under the microscope

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Stephen Ward, The Barrister Group

NLJ Career Profile: Stephen Ward, The Barrister Group

From mowing lawns to life at the Bar: Stephen Ward reflects on an unconventional career

Clarke Willmott—Ben Loosemore

Clarke Willmott—Ben Loosemore

Commercial property partner joins Clarke Willmott in Southampton

Ellisons—Robert Tiffen

Ellisons—Robert Tiffen

Robert Tiffen joins Ellisons as Partner in growing Norwich office

NEWS
The Law Society RFC Festival of Sport returns next month, bringing together legal and financial services professionals for one of the sector’s largest annual sporting events
Legal aid deserts leave almost one in four without adequate access to justice
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has warned solicitors and law firms that using artificial intelligence does not alter their professional obligations, amid concerns over inaccurate legal material and client confidentiality
From forgotten interest claims to case-management appeals, a string of procedural developments offers useful—and occasionally cautionary—lessons for practitioners

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.

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