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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7484

04 October 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Ty Jones, head of values and corporate responsibility at national law firm, DWF, has been appointed to the disability employment engagement steering group...

Premier League television rights shaken by European Court of Justice ruling

Rise in qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims

Human rights lawyers have dismissed home secretary Theresa May’s proposal to reform the immigration rules as “unworkable”

Government guidance unlawfully condoned the practice of “hooding” foreign detainees, the High Court has ruled this week

Solicitors who “blow the whistle” on misconduct could be given more lenient sanctions, under Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) plans

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators provide results of five-continent study

New 532-page handbook launched online

HLE blogger Charles Foster examines the emotive issue of the withdrawal of artificial nutrition & hydration from patients

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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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