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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7549

21 February 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Neil Sullivan provides an update on recent developments in DNA testing

Michael Salter & Chris Bryden report on the dangers that employee social media use can pose for companies

In his final article on compensation for motor victims, Nicholas Bevan compares & contrasts UK & EU provisions

Richard Hinton recommends orchestrating your due diligence

Regulating will-writing across the board will ensure consumer protection, says Paul Sharpe

Michael Tringham follows the latest disputes in the wills & probate world

They have arrived and to prove it, they are here: the Lord Justice Jackson inspired Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2013...

Re Digital Satellite Warranty Cover Ltd and another v Financial Services Authority [2013] All ER (D) 140 (Feb), [2013] UKSC 7

Belov v CHEZ Elektro Balgaria AD and others C-394/11 [2013] All ER (D) 105 (Feb)

Frucona Kosice a.s. v European Commission C-73/11P [2013] All ER (D) 103 (Feb)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Seddons GSC—Ben Marks

Seddons GSC—Ben Marks

Partner joins residential real estate team

Winckworth Sherwood—Shazia Bashir

Winckworth Sherwood—Shazia Bashir

Social housing team announces partner appointment

University of Manchester: The LLM driving tech-focused career growth

University of Manchester: The LLM driving tech-focused career growth

Manchester’s online LLM has accelerated career progression for its graduates

NEWS
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 transformed criminal justice. Writing in NLJ this week, Ed Cape of UWE and Matthew Hardcastle and Sandra Paul of Kingsley Napley trace its ‘seismic impact’
Operational resilience is no longer optional. Writing in NLJ this week, Emma Radmore and Michael Lewis of Womble Bond Dickinson explain how UK regulators expect firms to identify ‘important business services’ that could cause ‘intolerable levels of harm’ if disrupted
Criminal juries may be convicting—or acquitting—on a misunderstanding. Writing in NLJ this week Paul McKeown, Adrian Keane and Sally Stares of The City Law School and LSE report troubling survey findings on the meaning of ‘sure’
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has narrowly preserved a key weapon in its anti-corruption arsenal. In this week's NLJ, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers examines Guralp Systems Ltd v SFO, in which the High Court ruled that a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) remained in force despite the company’s failure to disgorge £2m by the stated deadline
As the drip-feed of Epstein disclosures fuels ‘collateral damage’, the rush to cry misconduct in public office may be premature. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke of Hill Dickinson warns that the offence is no catch-all for political embarrassment. It demands a ‘grave departure’ from proper standards, an ‘abuse of the public’s trust’ and conduct ‘sufficiently serious to warrant criminal punishment’
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