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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7672

16 October 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

BG (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ 960, [2015] All ER (D) 380 (Jul)

Peter Vaines returns with the latest news from the world of tax

Hospira UK Ltd v Genentech, Inc. [2015] EWHC 1796 (Pat), [2015] All ER (D) 33 (Oct)

Clare Arthurs & Richard Marshall share an (almost) A-Z guide to freezing injunctions

Non-disclosure is off limits

Interests of children cannot be eclipsed by wider considerations

A public register has been launched for practising family mediators. The Family Mediation Council launched the Family Mediation Standards Board (FMSB)—an independent regulatory board with a central registration system for mediators—this week.

The FMSB will be composed of three family mediators and three independent persons, and will be chaired by Robert Creighton, a retired NHS chief executive and former civil servant.

The registry aims to protect the public against poor practice and provide recognition and support for registered family mediators. Registration is voluntary, and the register will be available to the public and practitioners alike from November 2015.

Creighton says: “It is in everyone’s interests that professional self-regulation should be effective and forward-looking, reinforcing public confidence in the role and contribution of family mediators.”

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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
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
RFC Seraing v FIFA, in which the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) reaffirmed that awards by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) may be reviewed by EU courts on public-policy grounds, is under examination in this week's NLJ by Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law, Zurich
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