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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7719

21 October 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of Soma Oil and Gas Ltd) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2016] EWHC 2471 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 68 (Oct)

Latest CPR update; patently boring; MIAM change.

How can the “conscious uncoupling” of the EU & UK legal systems be achieved, ask Charles Brasted & Andrew Eaton

Kate Molan reviews helpful new guidance to protect the anonymity of children in the family courts

After Lord Mansfield’s judgment: whatever happened to James Somerset, asks LW Blake​

Post Panama Papers & pre-Brexit: how can we encourage corporate lawyers to behave with integrity, asks Dr Tony Harvey

Spar Shipping AS v Grand China Logistics Holding (Group) Co. Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 982, [2016] All ER (D) 67 (Oct)

Niken Construction Ltd v Trigram Carver Street Ltd [2016] EWHC 2232 (TCC), [2016] All ER (D) 66 (Oct)

Turner and another v Alno UK Ltd UKEAT/0349/15/DA, [2016] All ER (D) 65 (Oct)

Nicholas Dobson considers proportionality surrounding eviction from private lettings

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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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