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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7743

28 April 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

The Supreme Court decision in Ilott represents a qualified victory for testamentary freedom, as Greg Williams explains

McCann v State Hospitals Board for Scotland [2017] UKSC 31, [2017] All ER (D) 48 (Apr)

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority v EnergySolutions EU Ltd [2017] UKSC 34, [2017] All ER (D) 53 (Apr)

SXH v Crown Prosecution Service [2017] UKSC 30, [2017] All ER (D) 47 (Apr)

When to tell the insurers; getting police to pay for Green Book loss; mobile home owners celebrate; & new rules, old PD.

Has the Supreme Court signalled that the law surrounding the Working Time Regulations has been settled, asks Charles Pigott

Steven O’Sullivan examines the wide-reaching implications of AIG v Woodman

Malins v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2017] EWHC 835 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 82 (Apr)

Will a poor return on investment derail robot lawyers? Steve Hynes reports

How should the fall-out from the Panama Papers be addressed by the legal profession, asks Geoffrey Bindman QC

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Appointment of former Solicitor General bolsters corporate investigations and white collar practice

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Firm strengthens international strategy with hire of global relations consultant

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Partner and associate join employment practice

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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