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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7479

01 September 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Celebrities turn their backs on defamation in favour of superinjunctions

Courts must rise above human rights “paranoia” says Clegg

Key terms and concepts within environmental legislation are often “ambiguous”, “opaque” or “provide potential for misunderstanding”

Court of Appeal rules that employers must look beyond the obvious risks

The Law Society has launched a telephone helpline to direct victims of the riots and looting to pro bono legal advice

CMS Cameron McKenna has launched a guide to bribery laws in the UK and overseas

A new training course for future judges is to run in November

A druid has lost his high court challenge to stop archaeologists investigating ancient human remains found at Stonehenge

Dominic Regan congratulates the victors in the Jackson reform lottery

Stephen Hockman QC considers the path to take in order to ease the UK’s constitutional tensions

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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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