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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7776

12 January 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

Keep 2 March 2018 clear; Enjoy 93rd CPR update; Hours to escape new family forms.

David Burrows reviews Sir James Munby’s tenure as president & his impact on family law

Since we last wrote for NLJ in 2012, online courts, case management & CaseLines have moved on...

Kathryn Garbett & Mehmet Karagoz discuss malicious prosecution of civil claims & analyse Willers v Joyce

The Supreme Court in 2017. Brice Dickson reviews the personnel, judgments & output

Athelstane Aamodt explores the weird world of what exactly you can trade mark

Derek Adamson discusses the current issues with the Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010, & suggests some improvements

Keith Wilding explains why the independent review of the Mental Health Act 1983 should take a broad approach

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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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