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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7435

29 September 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Spencer Keen provides an overview of the most significant provisions of the Equality Act 2010

HBJ Gateley Wareing welcomes Alan Shanks’s return to the UK

Hart Brown has appointed James Lamont as its latest partner.

Mogers Solicitors LLP is extending its business to provide legal services for expat clients.

Wedlake Bell LLP has recruited Edward Craft as partner, applying expertise in both the corporate and low carbon arenas.

The UK Register of Mediators (UKRM) welcomes mediator and chartered arbitrator, Michael Cover

The Indie had a go. Now it is the time of The Guardian. The temptation to knock The Times off its perch as the “must have” newspaper for any self-respecting lawyer is overwhelming.

Three major fault lines exposed in current system

The lord chief justice is to take over leadership of the tribunal’s judiciary.

Leases have moved on. It’s the market that needs to catch up, says Keeley Ellaway

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

HFW—Simon Petch

HFW—Simon Petch

Global shipping practice expands with experienced ship finance partner hire

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Infrastructure specialist joins as partner in Glasgow office

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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