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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7724

25 November 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Leslie v Farrar Construction Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 1041, [2016] All ER (D) 102 (Nov)

Adrian Jack rejects the government’s recent proposals for judicial reform

When does criticism of judges become contempt, asks Athelstane Aamodt

Advising on compliance with break provisions in a lease is no easy matter, says John Clargo​

What did the pro-Brexit peers suggest? Michael Zander QC looks back at the House of Lords’ post-referendum debate

A fresh legal paradigm has emerged in which criminal, regulatory & civil liabilities elide says Robin Barclay

The Bar embodies the structure that the rest of the legal sector is striving to emulate, says Paul Martenstyn

Ahmed v MacLean [2016] EWHC 2798 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 98 (Nov)

Bird v Acorn Group Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 1096, [2016] All ER (D) 92 (Nov)

Swap mis-selling & insolvent claimants: Simon Duncan examines the Global Restructuring Group & insolvency set-off

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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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