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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7610

13 June 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

David Burrows questions if the exceptional cases legal aid legislation is being properly applied

It’s not all doom & gloom for legal aid & human rights lawyers, says Roger Smith

Easy to spot but difficult to prove, John de Waal QC reports

David Short examines the possibility of the relatives of mesothelioma victims making claims north of the border

Michael Nash examines the legal conundrum of an independent Scotland’s application to the EU

Robert Jordan considers applications to suspend discharge of a bankruptcy order

Delaney v Secretary of State for Transport [2014] EWHC 1785 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 31 (Jun)

R (on the application of TD) v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [2014] EWCA Civ 585, [2014] All ER (D) 37 (Jun)

Price v Price [2014] EWCA Civ 655, [2014] All ER (D) 28 (Jun)

Collins v Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills and another [2014] EWCA Civ 717, [2014] All ER (D) 44 (Jun)

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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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