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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7504

08 March 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Katherine Rees looks at three recent cases in which parties have sought “mercy” from the court

In the first of three articles Margaret Tofalides & Clare Arthurs discuss arbitration challenges

Merchant International Co Ltd v Natsionalna Aktsionerna Kompaniia “Naftogaz Ukrayiny” [2012] EWCA Civ 196, [2012] All ER (D) 13 (Mar)

Performing Rights Society Ltd v Burns and another [2012] EWHC 221 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 05 (Mar)

Dunn v Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management UKEAT/0531/10/DA, [2012] All ER (D) 173 (Feb)

MacLennan v Hartford Europe Ltd [2012] EWHC 346 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 175 (Feb)

University of Queensland and another v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2012] EWHC 223 (Pat), [2012] All ER (D) 178 (Feb)

Adeeko v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2012] All ER (D) 21 (Mar)

Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (in administration) [2012] UKSC 6, [2012] All ER (D) 193 (Feb)

Jennifer James reviews life on the legal treadmill

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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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