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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7496

11 January 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Tom Royston makes no excuses for bad government decision-making

John McMullen reviews recent case law on TUPE in the UK & Europe

Dominic Regan predicts good times ahead for UK litigators

Geoffrey Bindman identifies the roadblocks to international justice

Are we edging towards a single, universally applicable, “test” of habitual residence? Simon Blain reports

Will natural sympathy for asbestos sufferers trump policy concerns? Elizabeth Carley reports

Michael Tringham examines the law relating to inheritance by children

Proposed reforms to intestacy law reflect the reality of modern families, says Joel Wolchover

Daniel Curran highlights the problems caused by incomplete heir research

Roderick Ramage provides a rough guide to TUPE, pensions & contracting-out

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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
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
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
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