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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7793

18 May 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

Royal births & royal marriages: legislation & tradition reign supreme, says Neil Parpworth

Jan Hoffmeister on how advances in artificial intelligence can benefit the legal profession

This week: absence of non-mol statement; small claim expenses; counsels’ duty on drafting order; costs budgeting

Nicholas Hill & Gus Baker report on pensions mis-selling, chicken & chips, ‘dubious advisers’, & a new wave of litigation

Mark Sefton QC & Cecily Crampin discuss alienation, the residential user & Airbnb.

In part three of this special series, David Burrows considers the property rights of unmarried parents

Can a notice period start even when the employee has not read their dismissal letter? Charles Pigott investigates

Bar prepares to step up protest as burden grows on criminal law solicitors

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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
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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