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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7396

03 December 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP (RPC) has appointed Tom Hibbert as a partner from Reed Smith to head up the firm’s financial disputes practice.

Ogier has been named “Offshore Law Firm of the Year” at the British Legal Awards for the second year running.

Acas has helped businesses avoid more than 2,000 employment tribunal claims since the introduction of the pre-claim conciliation (PCC) service and has recently expanded the service to include all major types of workplace issues.

Professor David Yates has been appointed as the new chairman of The College of Law’s Board of Governors.

Thomas Eggar LLP has achieved six band one rankings in the Chambers & Partners results.

Evening sessions are being held at employment tribunals in East London and Cardiff, in a six-month pilot initiative.

Gary McKinnon, the asperger’s sufferer who hacked into Pentagon computer files in search of UFOs has lost his battle against extradition to the US.

The government’s Digital Economy Bill, which would cut broadband access for persistent illegal file-sharers, has continued to attract criticism.

Lord Justice Jackson will publish the final report of his eagerly-awaited Review of Civil Litigation Costs on 14 January 2010.

Shami Chakrabarti, Dame Linda Dobbs & Janet Gaymer have been awarded honorary degrees by the College of Law.

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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
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
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
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
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
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
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