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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7603

17 April 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Proposal to restrict insurance providers could fuel market instability

Employers should avoid “copying and pasting” restrictive covenants into contracts in today’s fast-paced world.

Employment agency Reed is liable for up to £158m unpaid tax due on the salaries of thousands of temps it employed, after it lost its judicial review.

The keeping of the roll exercise is due to commence early next month, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced.

Personal injury sufferers in the UK face losses of thousands of pounds, as well as financial and emotional hardship, according to a new report.

Personal injury firms are “courting disaster” by routinely inflating success fees, a leading PI author has warned.

Five musicians who were replaced by a pre-recorded soundtrack for the London production of War Horse have failed in their High Court claim for reinstatement.

More than a quarter of all looked after children come from a small selection of mothers who have had multiple children removed.

Lord Justice Jackson, the main architect of recent civil litigation reforms, has responded to critics, who say the new regime has boosted costs and reduced access to justice.

Routinely inflating success fees to get the magic 25% is courting disaster, warns Jeff Zindani

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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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