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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7564

14 June 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Re GP Aviation Group International (in liquidation) Ltd Williams v Glover and another [2013] EWHC 1447 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 41 (Jun)

Bamgbelu v General Dental Council [2013] EWHC 1169 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 02 (Jun)

Mengiste and another v Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray and others [2013] EWHC 1087 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 32 (Jun)

Apex Global Management Ltd v Fi Call Ltd and others [2013] EWCA Civ 642, [2013] All ER (D) 81 (Jun)

Even the greats can learn lessons from their heroes, as Geoffrey Bindman explains

Costs judges cannot treat costs as being reasonable or proportionate simply because they fall within an approved budget, the Court of Appeal has said.

 

A poll of costs lawyers has revealed increasingly negative predictions for the post-Jackson era.
 

The European Court of Human Rights has a queue of more than 120,000 cases waiting to be heard, including 3,000 cases against the UK alone.
 

 Modern market in legal services demands "transparency & flexibility"

Indemnity status quo expensive for lawyers & consumers
 

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Appointment of former Solicitor General bolsters corporate investigations and white collar practice

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Firm strengthens international strategy with hire of global relations consultant

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Partner and associate join employment practice

NEWS
The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week
Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted
Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke
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'
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
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