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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7481

14 September 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Dominic Regan welcomes the government’s u-turn on referral fees

Charles Brasted explains how public inquiries have become the universal panacea for controversy

Spencer Keen explores Autoclenz & the unique status of employment contracts

English courts have clarified the habitual residence rule for divorce petitions, observes Holly Sautelle-Smith

How are the interests of insolvent tenants balanced with those of their landlords, asks Christopher Warenius

Peter Vaines reports on the inevitable failure of HMRC’s revised litigation strategy

Eleanor Kelly charts the rise of opposition to directors’ remuneration

Ned Beale & Hannah Shribman welcome the Supreme Court’s move to exclude arbitration agreements from anti-discrimination legislation

R (on the application of Castle and others) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2011] EWHC 2317 (Admin), [2011] All ER (D) 34 (Sep)

Deborah Blaxell highlights the importance of making the correct e-disclosure technology choices

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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

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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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