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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7652

15 May 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

The law surrounding illegal conduct & trusts is in a muddle, says Steve Evans

Reynolds v CLFIS (UK) Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 439, [2015] All ER (D) 20 (May)

Novartis AG and others v Focus pharmaceuticals Ltd and others; Novartis AG and others v Teva UK Ltd [2015] EWHC 1068 (Pat), [2015] All ER (D) 233 (Apr)

The legal profession has been reluctant to embrace alternative fee arrangements. In this two-part series Ben Summerfield & Kirsty O’Connor explore why

Skype Ultd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) T-184/13 , [2015] All ER (D) 29 (May)

Daniel Goodkin examines the pitfalls surrounding valuers’ negligence

Christopher Butler & Harriet Errington examine the court’s discretion to exclude media representatives from family proceedings

Charles Pigott observes a divide in the Supreme Court over reasonableness of a contractual decision

R (on the application of Whapples) v Birmingham Crosscity Clinical Commissioning Group [2015] EWCA Civ 435, [2015] All ER (D) 245 (Apr)

Breyer Group plc and others v Department of Energy and Climate Change [2015] EWCA Civ 408, [2015] All ER (D) 03 (May)

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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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