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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7723

18 November 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Re Ellison (A Bankrupt); Hicken (as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Ellison) v Ellison [2016] EWHC 2791 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 76 (Nov)

Roderick Ramage reworks William Shakespeare in bite-size format

Re Pablo Star Ltd Price v Registrar of Companies and another [2016] EWHC 2640 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 66 (Nov)

Christopher Hutton & Aniko Adam examine the implications of Brexit for UK competition law

    Roger Smith reports on the rise & rise of digital technology

    AS v TH and others [2016] EWHC 2825 (Fam), [2016] All ER (D) 77 (Nov)

    Watts v Secretary of State for Health [2016] EWHC 2835 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 78 (Nov)

    Zoya Ltd v Ahmed (t/a Property Mart) [2016] EWHC 2249 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 75 (Nov)

    Fee remission less painful; divorce competitions & civil appeal form changes

    Tamsin Cox & Julia Petrenko examine a useful authority for freeholders of residential buildings in relation to Airbnb

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    MOVERS & SHAKERS

    Keystone Law—Milena Szuniewicz-Wenzel & Ian Hopkinson

    Keystone Law—Milena Szuniewicz-Wenzel & Ian Hopkinson

    International arbitration team strengthened by double partner hire

    Coodes Solicitors—Pam Johns, Rachel Pearce & Bradley Kaine

    Coodes Solicitors—Pam Johns, Rachel Pearce & Bradley Kaine

    Firm celebrates trio holding senior regional law society and junior lawyers division roles

    Michelman Robinson—Sukhi Kaler

    Michelman Robinson—Sukhi Kaler

    Partner joins commercial and business litigation team in London

    NEWS
    The Legal Action Group (LAG)—the UK charity dedicated to advancing access to justice—has unveiled its calendar of training courses, seminars and conferences designed to support lawyers, advisers and other legal professionals in tackling key areas of public interest law
    As the drip-feed of Epstein disclosures fuels ‘collateral damage’, the rush to cry misconduct in public office may be premature. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke of Hill Dickinson warns that the offence is no catch-all for political embarrassment. It demands a ‘grave departure’ from proper standards, an ‘abuse of the public’s trust’ and conduct ‘sufficiently serious to warrant criminal punishment’
    Employment law is shifting at the margins. In his latest Employment Law Brief for NLJ this week, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School examines a Court of Appeal ruling confirming that volunteers are not a special legal species and may qualify as ‘workers’
    Criminal juries may be convicting—or acquitting—on a misunderstanding. Writing in NLJ this week Paul McKeown, Adrian Keane and Sally Stares of The City Law School and LSE report troubling survey findings on the meaning of ‘sure’
    The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has narrowly preserved a key weapon in its anti-corruption arsenal. In this week's NLJ, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers examines Guralp Systems Ltd v SFO, in which the High Court ruled that a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) remained in force despite the company’s failure to disgorge £2m by the stated deadline
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