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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7532

04 October 2012

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Jon Robins looks behind the scenes of the cancelled Law Society conference

Patrick Allen calls for urgent investment in information technology for the civil courts’ system

Charles Pigott reviews the courts’ continuing battle to define employment status

Claire Sanders juggles discretion & fairness in marital disputes

Philip Sissons & Ciara Fairley analyse a recent Court of Appeal decision on the enforceability of oral agreements

Can an amateur sports club be held vicariously liable for the tort of one of its players? Jack Harris reports

Barbara Hewson highlights some recent trends in reproductive rights

Katherine Rees & Laura Parkinson clarify where solicitors can draw the line on commercial matters

Peter Vaines examines some recent tax-related cases

Michael Zander QC considers an unusual judicial decision

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

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NLJ this week: Small firms call for tech clarity as AI looms

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

NLJ this week: Pro bono power without the red tape

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

NLJ this week: AI boom collides with courtroom reality

Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: Courts walk a tightrope on relocation & abuse

Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Rylatt and Robyn Laye of Anthony Gold Solicitors examine recent international relocation cases where allegations of domestic abuse shaped outcomes

NLJ this week: Traders’ convictions quashed in Libor shock

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

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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7532

MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan