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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7785

16 March 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

Kim Harrison discusses consent & the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in relation to child sexual exploitation

Debate over the ‘compensation culture’ should eschew the insults and focus on common areas of agreement, says Gary Beazleigh

Graeme Fraser discusses extending civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples

Steve Hynes discusses the root causes of a big rise in employment tribunal cases

John Gould explains why honesty & integrity are not the same

Ben Amunwa covers an international commercial dispute over unconscious bias

Charting the latest developments on the ‘road to Brexit’

Alan Sheeley & Emilie Jones review the role & scope of litigation privilege in internal investigations

The Director of Public Prosecution’s disclosure nightmare seems to be getting worse by the week. Jon Robins reviews the evidence

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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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