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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7417

13 May 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

The 2010 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards will be held on 26 May

More than 4,000 lawyers are expected to take to the streets on Monday in the sixth annual London Legal sponsored walk to raise funds for legal advice charities

Parabola Investments Ltd and another v Browallia Cal Ltd and others [2010] EWCA Civ 486, [2010] All ER (D) 33 (May)

Hudson & ors v Gambling Commission [2010] All ER (D) 59 (May)

R (on the application of A) v A Local Authority [2010] EWHC 848 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 49 (May)

Al Rawi and others v Security Service and others [2010] EWCA Civ 482, [2010] All ER (D) 03 (May)

Marion McDonald, a partner with Scottish regional practice Ledingham Chalmers LLP, has been appointed a part-time Sheriff by the Scottish Government.

Kingsley Napley LLP confirms that Michelle Chance, formerly of Fox Lawyers has joined their employment department as partner.

Cripps Harries Hall LLP announces new partner Chris Wilkinson, who joined the company in 2009.

Mike Willis considers the compensation options when holiday hopes hit the buffers

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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
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
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
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
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
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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