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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7495

04 January 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

The Bar Standards Board has reappointed its chair, baroness Ruth Deech, for a further three-year term.

The Legal Services Commission (LSC) has recruited chief executive, Matthew Coats, who arrives from the UK Border Agency (UKBA).

Roger Smith gets the juice on lemon law, landmarks & lectures

David Burrows examines the approach of the court to enforcement of ante- & post-nuptial agreements

Charles Pigott reports on sick workers, holidays & the small print

Caste discrimination has shed its cloak of invisibility, says Annapurna Waughray

Realpolitik, not injustice, will determine UK extradition policy, says Andrew Smith

George Hobson & Malcolm Dowden report on solar vulnerability

The Ministry of Justice plans to respond to the ongoing consultation on High Court and Court of Appeal fee hikes...

Paul Wainwright & Dr Mark Friston provide a practical guide to costs budgeting

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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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