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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7415

29 April 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Khawar Qureshi QC considers the enforcement of a foreign judgment against a sovereign state

Initial responses to Jackson LJ’s Final Report focused on the headline grabbing proposals such as an end to the recovery of success fees and insurance premiums, one-way costs shifting and a ban on referral fees.

There is no shortage of critics of the family justice system. Family charities allege bias in the law so far as it relates to their members, senior judges complain that there is insufficient funding to properly protect children, Ofsted continues to criticise Cafcass, and politicians have finally woken up to the fact that the system should be viewed in its socio-economic and public health context.

Pro bono costs orders: levelling the playing field? By George Gordon

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter on the employee fallout from the eruption

Will the Revised PLP remedy some of the problems of the family law system? Rosie Schumm reports

Andrew Burns examines the insurance angles of recent PI claims

Once a highway, always a highway? asks John Summers

Charles Brasted & Julia Marlow highlight the significance of a decision being quashed due to mistake of fact

Tony Lewis & Charlotte Ovans consider the Bribery Act 2010 & a global approach to anti-corruption

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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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