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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7522

10 July 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Kerry Underwood balks at the transformation of legal “clients” into “consumers”

Achieving judicial diversity may require more work than is envisaged, suggests Geoffrey Bindman QC

Gross misconduct is no barrier to pay in lieu of notice, notes Anna Macey

Can information disclosed in family proceedings be released to particular individuals or bodies, asks David Burrows

In the second of two articles, Jon Holbrook considers fixed-term assured shorthold tenancies for housing associations

Briscoe v Tilt [2012] All ER (D) 09 (Jul)

Ali v Hoque [2012] EWCA Civ 274, [2012] All ER (D) 44 (Jul)

Hearst Communications Inc v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) T-344/09 [2012] All ER (D) 22 (Jul)

R (on the application of Omar and others) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2012] EWHC 1737 (Admin), [2012] All ER (D) 06 (Jul)

Mayer v Hoar [2012] EWHC 1805 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 46 (Jul)

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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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