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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7525

31 July 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Robert Kay crunches the numbers involved in securing & insuring the London 2012 Olympic Games

What avenues are open for the intervened solicitor, asks Chris Gadd

Can costs be ordered against a local authority, asks Jonathan Herring

Hayley McLorinan tackles the issue of recoverable heads of loss between jurisdictions

Malcolm Dowden investigates local authority written statements & contaminated land

Katherine Hardcastle examines the extra-territorial ambit of the Serious Crime Act 2007

How do banks juggle duty to their customers with money-laundering obligations, asks Simon Goldstone

Michael Kershaw QC highlights the difficulty of multiple meanings in court statements

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council v Hickin [2012] UKSC 39

Johann MK Blumenthal GMBH & Co KG and another v Itochu Corp [2012] EWCA Civ 996, [2012] All ER (D) 240 (Jul)

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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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