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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7589

10 January 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Is virtual witness testimony legal fact or largely fiction, asks Penny Cooper

John McMullen surveys cases on service provision change, transfer of employment rights, & objection to transfer

Confidentiality, privacy & disclosure: David Burrows examines the duty of disclosure under common law in the second of two articles

Siobhan Jones discusses the benefits & burdens of covenants

Bring judicial review claims promptly, warns Nicholas Dobson

R (on the application of Hodkin and another) v Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages [2013] UKSC 77, [2013] All ER (D) 100 (Dec)

Child sort-of-support, credit hire defence win, pay cut for experts & Mitchell: what else?

Bridport and West Dorset Golf Club Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners C-495/12, [2013] All ER (D) 203 (Dec)

Wallace and another v Calmac Ferries Ltd UKEATS/0014/13/BI, [2013] All ER (D) 242 (Dec)

R (on the application of Secretary of State for Home Department) v Southwark Crown Court [2013] All ER (D) 197 (Dec)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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