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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7465

12 May 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Finers Stephens Innocent LLP has hired three new partners. Rachael Spalton, Adam Walford and Simon Malkiel joined the firm on 1 May.

Part 2: Jon Robins continues his predictions on how deregulation will affect the legal services market

Could time be up for the Taplin test, asks Mark Benney

Will a Victorian statute prevent local councils selling off our museums & libraries to make ends meet? Paul Letman investigates

Christopher Stirling reports on setting aside dispositions to third parties in matrimonial proceedings

Boris Cetnik & Malcolm Keen reflect on the ramifications of Baker v Quantum

Andy Creer & John de Waal consider the effect of the decision in Murphy v Wyatt

Feed-in tariffs: thinking big, or redefining small, asks Malcolm Dowden

Mensch und Natur AG v Freistaat Bayern C-327/09, [2011] All ER (D) 23 (May)

Barr and others v Biffa Waste Services Ltd [2011] EWHC 1003 (TCC), [2011] All ER (D) 25 (May)

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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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