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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7590

17 January 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Jon Robins observes the fallout from the recent legal aid protests

Are the Family Procedure Rules 2010 an Alsatian mongrel of dubious legality, asks David Burrows

Is it now easier for landlords to obtain possession from assured shorthold tenants? Nathaniel Duckworth & Daniel Robinson report

Keith Patten welcomes useful guidance about the role of foreseeability in the determination of breach of duty of care

Keith Davies examines the court’s approach to the right to protest on public land

David Finnerty provides advice on how to avoid a professional negligence claim in a contested probate case

Is mediation the key to solving MCA 2005 “best interests” disputes, asks Russell Caller

Samuda v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another [2014] EWCA Civ 1, [2014] All ER (D) 03 (Jan)

Gray v Smith and others [2013] EWHC 4136 (Comm), [2013] All ER (D) 237 (Dec)

Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Company (c) and another v Al-Sayed Bader Hashim Al-Refai and others [2013] EWHC 4112 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 07 (Jan)

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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
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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