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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7409

18 March 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Boris Berezovsky, a Russian oligarch, has won a libel case at the High Court over allegations he was involved in the poisoning by polonium of former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006.

The Supreme Court has ruled that a divorce settlement reached in a Nigerian court would have caused “real hardship” to the wife and ordered that she be awarded a more generous settlement by an English court.

The judicial balancing act required in cases involving competing human rights has created a “fundamental shift” in the way courts “do things”, Mr Justice Eady has said.

R (on the application of Savva) v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2010] EWHC 414 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 118 (Mar)

Noble v Owens [2010] EWCA Civ 224, [2010] All ER (D) 87 (Mar)

R (on the application of H and another) v A City Council [2010] EWHC 466 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 127 (Mar)

Shanahan Engineering Ltd v Unite the Union UKEAT/0411/09/DM, [2010] All ER (D) 108 (Mar)

Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) (No 2) Order 2010 (SI 2010/671)

(Amendment) (No 2) Rules 2010 (SI 2010/734)

Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No 4) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/721)

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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
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
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
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
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
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