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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7725

02 December 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Will the English courts still be top choice post-Brexit, asks Jonathan Harris QC

Rahim v Arch Insurance Co. (Europe) Ltd [2016] EWHC 2967 (Comm), [2016] All ER (D) 142 (Nov)

Peter Vaines reports on the latest news from the world of tax

Avonwick Holdings Ltd and another v Shlosberg [2016] EWCA Civ 1138, [2016] All ER (D) 141 (Nov)

Co-operation versus litigation: could mediation be the new & improved face of justice, asks Glenn Stanbury

Will the Hague Convention be to court litigation what the New York Convention has been to arbitration, asks Jan-Jaap Baer

Defamatory guts; blame the accountant; & wretched costs

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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
Human rights lawyers, social justice champion, co-founder of the law firm Bindmans, and NLJ columnist Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC has died at the age of 92 years
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
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