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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7434

23 September 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Susan Nash reports on corruption, ethnic insults & surveillance

Rod Lambert & Christopher Reekie revisit Directors’ Disqualification Orders

Veronica Bailey explains the reasoning behind the ECJ’s decision to rule out privilege for in-house counsel

So what do you know? Hildebrand v Hildebrand [1992] 1 FLR 244 wasn’t quite what it was cooked up to be.

Zoi Chatzi v Ipourgos Ikonomikon C-149/10, [2010] All ER (D) 84 (Sep)

Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd and another v European Commission C-550/07 P, [2010] All ER (D) 72 (Sep)

Is the end in sight for expert witness immunity? Dr Chris Pamplin considers the evidence

Mark Solon taps into the world of experts’ discussions

Steven O’Sullivan provides some tips on how to reduce exposure to claims

Alan Waller offers some tips on how to reduce the risk of inaccurate carbon reporting

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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