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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7646

27 March 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Embassies’ employment immunities are in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights, as Charles Pigott reports

Spousal maintenance in a time of change outlined by Hazel Wright

Henrietta Mason & Paola Fudakowska provide a wills & probate update

Edward Rowntree explains why deathbed gifts are under the Appeal Court spotlight

James Ward takes issue with the chancellor’s unjustified attack on deeds of variation

Peter Vaines …& George Osborne get serious about tax evasion

Ecovision Systems Ltd v Vinci Construction UK Ltd [2015] EWHC 587 (TCC), [2015] All ER (D) 160 (Mar)

Braganza v BP Shipping Ltd and another [2015] UKSC 17, [2015] All ER (D) 185 (Mar)

Intermark Srl v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Design) T-384/13, [2015] All ER (D) 192 (Mar)

Naazneen Investments Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) T-250/13, [2015] All ER (D) 191 (Mar)

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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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