Rhodium:
That mentioned ref is J. Med. Chem. 25, 1442(1982)
It uses HOAc/H2SO4/ 50psiH2(Pd/C) to get >80% yields of amine. This ref also contains excellent oximation info along with some high yielding NaBH3(CN) reductions. The paper is a must-have for your collection!
Rhodium, you should consider building a medium-pressure hydrogenator. It is actually much easier than most people think. A simple thick walled glass bottle will easily handle up to 50psi and serve as a reactor. A good hydrogen source is one of those electrolytic generators, these are commonly available from used equipment vendors here in the states and I suspect the same is true in EU. It would be sheer simplicity to use one of these to fill a small soda or beer keg then rig a valve and pressure guage system to fill the rxn bottle w/ hydrogen to the desired pressure. Don't worry about shaking the reactor, mag stirring will suffice. Let me know if you want more details.
As far as CTH rxns are concerned, I have not spent an exorbitant amount of time studying this topic. However, I'm guessing that if it works at all, yields will be low. Perhaps there is a NaBH4 reduction which will do the trick, I'm guessing this one may work: Chem. Lett., 1029 (1981). This ref uses NaBH4/ PdCl2 to completely reduce benzylic ketones and alcohols in decent yields. I have not seen the paper myself, however I'm guessing that this catalyst system will also reduce the oximino function. Please check it out and let me know if it looks promising, I currently have no library access.
In combination with the simple/high-yielding oximation quoted in the paper mentioned above, this reduction really has potential to shape up as one of the holy grails of phenylalkyl synthesis. BTW, did you receive my PM last week?