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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7687

19 February 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Dominic Regan reports on “unwordly” fixed costs & the missing impact assessment

Response from Matthew Wagstaff, Joint head of Bribery and Corruption Division, Serious Fraud Office

Has the SFO shifted its stance on waiving privilege? Jonathan Pickworth asks for clarity

Ian Smith notes the recent newsworthy decisions from the employment courts

Is there a right to use sporting & recreational facilities, asks Mark West

Alex Fox & Emma Davies suggest there is reason for cautious optimism for claimants involved in interest rate swaps litigation

Michael L Nash considers the legal pitfalls of Mary Tudor & Queen Elizabeth II

Birmingham City Council v D and another [2016] EWCOP 8, [2016] All ER (D) 05 (Feb)

R (on the application of Steinfeld and another) v Secretary of State for Education [2016] EWHC 128 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 230 (Jan)

Q v Q (No 3) [2016] EWFC 5, [2016] All ER (D) 20 (Feb)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Womble Bond Dickinson—Paula Myers

Womble Bond Dickinson—Paula Myers

Womble Bond Dickinson appoints Paula Myers to private capital team in Leeds

mfg Solicitors—five promotions

mfg Solicitors—five promotions

Law firm mfg Solicitors announces five promotions at Birmingham office

Brabners—six promotions

Brabners—six promotions

Brabners adds six to partnership in record year for partner promotions

NEWS

Family set expands with the formal integration of 4 Brick Court into 42BR Barristers

The Court of Appeal has issued a stern warning to lawyers engaging in the practice of ‘privilege hunting’—obtaining an opponent’s legally privileged information through dishonest means
Legal executives have given a lukewarm reception to the Legal Services Board’s (LSB’s) final report from its regulatory review into Mazur advice and guidance
A homeless single parent offered accommodation in Derby has lost her Supreme Court appeal against the London council making the offer
The Kingdom of Bahrain does not enjoy sovereign immunity from allegations it used surveillance software to spy on dissidents in the UK, the Supreme Court has held
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