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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7483

27 September 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Tim Suter traces the origins & achievements of public inquiries

Alison Padfield explains why legal clarity & coherence trumped fairness in Scullion

Janna Purdie offers advice on distinguishing between arbitration & expert determination clauses

Mark Solon advises how to get your expert out of bed

Expert witnesses must be at the top of their game, notes Merryck Lowe

Riva Bella SA v Tamsen Yachts GmbH [2011] EWHC 2338 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 41 (Sep)

Riva Bella SA v Tamsen Yachts GmbH [2011] EWHC 2338 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 41 (Sep)

Jones v Thornton UKEAT/0068/11/SM, [2011] All ER (D) 122 (Sep)

Capita Alternative Fund Services (Guernsey) Ltd and another v Drivers Jonas [2011] EWHC 2336 (Comm), All ER (D) 52 (Sep) [2011]

Ashendon and another v United Kingdom (App Nos 35730/07 & 4285/08), [2011] All ER (D) 81 (Sep)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Mark Hastings, Quillon Law

NLJ Career Profile: Mark Hastings, Quillon Law

Mark Hastings, founding partner of Quillon Law, on turning dreams into reality and pushing back on preconceptions about partnership

Kingsley Napley—Silvia Devecchi

Kingsley Napley—Silvia Devecchi

New family law partner for Italian and international clients appointed

Mishcon de Reya—Susannah Kintish

Mishcon de Reya—Susannah Kintish

Firm elects new chair of tier 1 ranked employment department

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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