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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7483

27 September 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

IP specialist Harrison Goddard Foote has hired European and chartered patent attorney Hsu Min Chung as a partner.

The Bar Standards Board has appointed five new lay board members...

Crutes Law Firm has recruited three graduates across its offices in Newcastle and Teesside.

DWF has kicked off its Paralegal Academy with the recruitment of six new apprentices.

Roger Smith reports on some recent issues of language

Can the cost of correcting discrimination be too high, asks Alex Fox

Ian Smith observes the plight of those seeking justice in employment tribunals

Brent McDonald investigates a defendant’s liability for injuries sustained by a claimant in a subsequent incident

Clare Renton reports on a sea change in international relocation cases

Peter Lampitt considers if building works can constitute harassment

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys senior leadership appointments

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths strengthens London Construction and Engineering practice with two strategic senior hires

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins announces strategic hire to deepen skills base in the social business sector

NEWS
More than 100 teams from the legal and financial services sectors competed in five sports at the 51st Law Society RFC Festival of Sport earlier this month
Part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, rather than the sole cause, the Supreme Court has held in Augustine v Data Cars
Britain’s new acknowledgement that Israel’s occupation is unlawful, and accompanying settlement-goods ban and sanctions, is significant but overdue, argue Danny Friedman KC and Victor Kattan in NLJ this week
New planning fee rises, wider trade union access rights and a service-by-email trap feature in Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way
Existing defamation law can respond to AI ‘hallucinations’, but allocating responsibility will prove harder where outputs reach users without human intervention
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