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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7582

01 November 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

"There cannot be many textbooks amenable to a read over a cup of tea. This is a rare and illuminating exception" 

Pennington Manches LLP partner elected as new chairman of Multilaw

Vodafone group general counsel wins legal category

Ex-Linklaters staff join commercial dispute resolution expert

New family & wills partner promotions

Thomas Ogg relays the legal pitfalls of opening a Free School

Ian Smith ponders on relaxed harassment laws, TUPE transfers, parental leave & the meaning of trade union

NLJ / LSLA survey of litigators reveals widespread concerns over reform impact

Immigration lawyer warns of consequences of new Immigration Bill

Patrick Allen believes small claims threshold will not be revisited

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Firm expands London disputes practice with senior partner hire

Druces—Lisa Cardy

Druces—Lisa Cardy

Senior associate promotion strengthens real estate offering

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith

Leading patent litigator joins intellectual property team

NEWS
Human rights lawyers, social justice champion, co-founder of the law firm Bindmans, and NLJ columnist Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC has died at the age of 92 years
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
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
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
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