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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7769

08 November 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Dominic Regan recounts tales of momentous show downs, fibbing & worse in & out of court

When instructing a new expert, is disclosure of an earlier report inevitable? Dr Chris Pamplin reports

John O’Hare on how to reduce costs which are reasonable but disproportionate

Webchat with HMCTS. Look, no PD! Another lessee bonus. Killing off the relatives.

Cancellation periods & enforceability. Nathan Webb discusses potential pitfalls for traders

Corporate facilitation of tax evasion: the new frontier. A special two-part analysis by QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers

It’s time for the profession & the judiciary to engage constructively to create a world class civil disputes regime, say Ed Crosse & David Bridge

Post Unison , the government, the courts & the profession are all looking at the issue of access to justice & what it means to ensure it’s a reality, says David Greene

The new Criminal Finance Act may place ‘unmanageably onerous obligations’ on multinationals, barristers have warned.

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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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