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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7537

08 November 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Colin Munro examines how we arrived at the referendum stage in Scotland and where we go after the vote

Would an independent Scotland automatically be a member state of the EU? Marc Weller investigates

Jonathan Herring discusses the nature of child welfare

How far does the law protect employees from sexual harassment, ask Chris Bryden & Michael Salter

Are motorcyclists adrenalin junkies or vulnerable road users? Karen O’Sullivan examines the approach of the courts

The latest on PI damages & the interview of a lifetime

Courts continue to wrestle with the thorny issue of contract construction, as Ian Pease reports

Turville Heath Inc v Chartis Insurance UK Ltd [2012] EWHC 3019 (TCC), [2012] All ER (D) 10 (Nov)

Abercrombie & others v Aga Rangemaster Ltd UKEAT/0099/12/SM, [2012] All ER (D) 334 (Oct)

Farrar v Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police UKEAT/0528/11/RN, [2012] All ER (D) 342 (Oct)

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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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