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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7499

31 January 2012
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The austerity plan from 1 April 2012 is to restrict the opening of public counters at all county courts and Family Proceedings Centres...

West Tankers Inc v Allianz Spa and another [2012] EWCA Civ 27, [2012] All ER (D) 127 (Jan)

Leathley v Bar Standards Board [2012] All ER (D) 110 (Jan)

Re Virtualpurple Professional Services Limited [2011] EWHC 3487 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 149 (Jan)

Star Reefers Pool Inc v JFC Group Co Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 14, [2012] All ER (D) 114 (Jan)

Thomas Brown Estates Ltd v Hunters Partners Ltd [2012] EWHC 30 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 122 (Jan)

Secretary of State for the Home Department v CE [2011] EWHC 3159 (Admin), [2012] All ER (D) 108 (Jan)

Armstrong DLW GmbH v Winnington Networks Ltd [2012] EWHC 10 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 64 (Jan)

Nicholas Fox follows recent developments in Cayman law relating to freestanding Mareva injunctions

QBE Management Services (UK) Ltd v Dymoke and others [2012] EWHC 80 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 156 (Jan)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

HFW—Simon Petch

HFW—Simon Petch

Global shipping practice expands with experienced ship finance partner hire

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Infrastructure specialist joins as partner in Glasgow office

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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