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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7498

24 January 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Ian Smith pays tribute to some end of term judicial desk clearance

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter predict a year of transformation

Kim Beatson investigates the struggle to establish jurisdiction in pre-nuptial cases

Susan Brown highlights the potential conflicts of interest surrounding ABSs, insurers & motor claims

Keith Davies turns the spotlight onto a Thameside Tudor tiff

Timothy Trotman examines the development of the scope of duty test after The Achilleas

Kartik Mittal offers some tips on securing security for costs orders

Serious Organised Crime Agency v Namli and another [2011] EWCA Civ 1411, [2012] All ER (D) 56 (Jan)
CPR 31.6(b)(ii) was unqualified.

Julio v Jose; Nambalat v Taher and another; Jose v Julio and other appeals UKEAT/0553/10/DM, [2012] All ER (D) 100 (Jan)

Simpson & Marwick v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2011] UKUT 498 (TCC), [2012] All ER (D) 93 (Jan)

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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
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
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
In this week's NLJ, Steven Ball of Red Lion Chambers unpacks how advances in forensic science finally unmasked Ryland Headley, jailed in 2025 for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. Preserved swabs and palm prints lay dormant for decades until DNA-17 profiling produced a billion-to-one match
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
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
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