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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7536

30 October 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

What has Europe done to protect the necessities of motherhood? Peter Thompson QC reports

Michael Rubenstein reflects on the employment law changes he has witnessed since 1972

Should there be a civil claim time limit, ask Richard Scorer & Victoria Beel

What is the deemed date of liquidation when moving from administration to creditors voluntary liquidation? Arti Vashisht Elliott reports

ADS Aerospace Ltd v EMS Global Tracking Ltd [2012] EWHC 2904 (TCC), [2012] All ER (D) 235 (Oct)

R (on the application of Preston) v Lord President of the Council [2012] EWCA Civ 1378, [2012] All ER (D) 249 (Oct)

E D & F Man Sugar Ltd v Unicargo Transportgesellschaft mbH [2012] EWHC 2879 (Comm), [2012] All ER (D) 256 (Oct)

Autoquake Ltd v Car Care Plan Ltd [2012] EWHC 1344 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 194 (Feb)

Re Teathers Ltd; Baroque Investments Ltd v Heis and another [2012] EWHC 2886 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 203 (Oct)

Birmingham City Council v Abdulla and others [2012] UKSC 47

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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
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
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
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
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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