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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7586

29 November 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Human rights lawyer is honoured in NYC

Bernard Pressman analyses the “new” approach of the courts to applications for relief from sanctions

Challenging a local authority on procedural grounds can prove difficult, as Tim Spencer-Lane reports

When does a failure to prosecute health & safety violations breach human rights? Kate Beattie reports

Threlfall v ECD Insight Ltd and another [2013] EWCA Civ 1444, [2013] All ER (D) 195 (Nov)

Preparados Alimenticos, SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) T-377/10, [2013] All ER (D) 218 (Nov)

Re L (leave to oppose making of adoption order) [2013] EWCA Civ 1481, [2013] All ER (D) 264 (Nov)

Dixons Retail plc v Revenue and Customs Commissioners C-494/12, [2013] All ER (D) 239 (Nov)

Venn v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and others [2013] EWHC 3546 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 202 (Nov)

Douglas v Ministry of Justice [2013] EWHC 3640 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 253 (Nov)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Firm makes major statement in the capital with strategic growth at The Shard

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Residential conveyancing team expands with solicitor hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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