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Arnup has clarified how courts approach fatal accident claims, says Robert Weir

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4 Eng Ltd v Harper and another [2008] EWHC 915 (Ch), [2008] All ER (D) 400 (Apr)

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EMPLOYER’S LIABILITY FOR SUICIDE
LIMITATION IN SEXUAL ABUSE CASES
JURISDICTION

In the first of two articles, Nicholas Bevan explains why Thompstone represents a sea change for future care claims

Thompstone v Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust [2008] EWCA Civ 5, [2008] All ER (D) 72 (Jan)

A v Hoare and other appeals [2008] UKHL 6, [2008] All ER (D) 251 (Jan)

The courts are right to restrict the amount of damages levelled against defendants, say Marcus Thomson and Neil Forsyth

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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Firm expands London disputes practice with senior partner hire

Druces—Lisa Cardy

Senior associate promotion strengthens real estate offering

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith

Leading patent litigator joins intellectual property team

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NLJ this week: Shareholder secrecy sunk

Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'

NLJ this week: The expanding remit of national security law

In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains

NLJ this week: Trauma-informed pro bono

In NLJ this week, Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre marks Pro Bono Week by urging lawyers to recognise the emotional toll of pro bono work

NLJ this week: When leases last hours

Can a lease legally last only days—or even hours? Professor Mark Pawlowski of the University of Greenwich explores the question in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: EU law trumps sports arbitration

RFC Seraing v FIFA, in which the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) reaffirmed that awards by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) may be reviewed by EU courts on public-policy grounds, is under examination in this week's NLJ by Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law, Zurich

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Damages

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Druces—Lisa Cardy

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith