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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7357

19 February 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Legislation news update

Michael Shrimpton pays tribute to the Metric Martyrs

Post Hoare, Lucy Wyles, reflects on how courts exercise s 33 discretion

Has West Tankers pushed London down the arbitral pecking order? Ask Steven Friel & Ceri Jones

R (on the application of SRM Global Master Fund LP) v Treasury Commissioner R (on the application of RAB Special Situations
(Master) Fund Ltd) v Treasury Commissioner R (on the application of
Grainger and others) v Treasury Commissioner [2009] All ER (D) 139(Feb) [2009] EWHC 227 (Admin)

Queen’s Bench Division, Divisional Court , Stanley Burnton LJ and
Silber J, 13 February 2009

 

David Williams charts the changing approach to the representation of children in Hague Convention cases

Elspeth Owens highlights the relevance of the financial difficulties of a judgment creditor to the enforcement of an adjudicator’s award

Malcolm Dowden advises on the pitfalls of contracting out from security of tenure

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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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