header-logo header-logo

THIS ISSUE
Card image

Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7539

22 November 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Jon Robins traces the origins of pro bono & examines how it is faring in these harsh economic times

Kim Beatson examines the role of equitable accounting in family property disputes

Parties must do their homework prior to expert witness discussions, warns Mark Solon

Jacqueline Laing addresses concerns about the Liverpool Care Pathway

Ian Smith reports on some interesting employment law judgments which have emerged recently from the courts

Hodge M Malek QC weighs up the pros & cons of disclosure

When is a house not a house, asks Siobhan Jones

Tom Metcalfe advises a careful approach to the drafting of articles of association of mutuals

Adrian Kwintner reviews causation defences in mortgage lender claims

Tom Morrison returns with his quarterly review of the world of information law

Show
10
Results
Results
10
Results

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
back-to-top-scroll