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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7735

24 February 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Twin Benefits Ltd v Barker and another [2017] EWHC 177 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 137 (Feb)

The consultation on fixed recoverable costs in lower value clinical negligence claims ignores the role of the NHSLA, says Agata Usewicz

Vanishing claims; legal advisers get judgy; & managing incurred costs.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Foundation NHS Trust v NO and others [2017] EWHC 241 (Fam), [2017] All ER (D) 135 (Feb)

Chris Pamplin takes a broad view of the possible implications for expert witnesses of Britain’s exit from the EU

A Local Authority v NR and another [2017] EWHC 153 (Fam), [2017] All ER (D) 139 (Feb)

Gala 1 Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2016] UKUT 564 (TCC), [2017] All ER (D) 130 (Feb)

Bar Standards Board v Howd; Howd v Bar Standards Board [2017] EWHC 210 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 138 (Feb)

Is legal professional privilege at risk of losing its status as a certain & absolute right? John Gould reports

 

Icescape Ltd v Ice-World International BV and others [2017] EWHC 42 (Pat), [2017] All ER (D) 142 (Feb)

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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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