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Issue: Vol 169, Issue 7825

25 January 2019
IN THIS ISSUE

The government’s claim that legal aid is a drain on the public purse is fiction, says Geoffrey Bindman

Alison Padfield QC & Diarmuid Laffan analyse the obligations of SIPP providers

Blow to residential landlords; setting aside post-admission; family forms forever; demolition device demolished.

Are some law schools more equal than others & how can they influence your success? Dr Paula Moffatt & Melanie King report

Roderick Ramage discusses how pension scheme employers & trustees should tackle pension tussles

What laws still govern the desecration of national symbols? Athelstane Aamodt takes a vexillological tour around the world

Child relocation: Kim Beatson & Victoria Brown share an update & case law overview

Amanda Hamilton reports on the future of the paralegal sector in relation to the challenges that lie ahead

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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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