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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7540

29 November 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Prest v Prest overturns 30 years of family case law, says Craig Rose

Is ENE the key to resolving dilapidations disputes, asks Martin Burns

Cometh the autumn: cometh the lecture, says Roger Smith

Survivors of torture will suffer further due to legal aid cuts, says Piya Muqit

District Judge Gordon Ashton examines capacity & the courts, through the pages of Atkin’s Court Forms

Sarah Johnson concludes that the devil will be in the detail of employee owner contracts

What do property owners expect of flood risk assessments, asks David Mole

Alec Samuels examines the arguments for and against fencing common land

Alec Samuels examines the trials & tribulations of the second wife

Louis Flannery concludes his analysis of Berezovsky v Abramovich

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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
In this week's NLJ, Steven Ball of Red Lion Chambers unpacks how advances in forensic science finally unmasked Ryland Headley, jailed in 2025 for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. Preserved swabs and palm prints lay dormant for decades until DNA-17 profiling produced a billion-to-one match
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
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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