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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7254

04 January 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

In brief

After 11 years people are realising that harassment is not just about stalking, but at what price? Tim Lawson Cruttenden and Catherine Atkinson report

Seamus Burns considers the moral sensitivities surrounding the international trade in body parts

A recent Court of Appeal ruling underlines the limits of the protection afforded by sovereign state immunity in arbitration proceedings. Ned Beale reports

What are the implications for prize draws and skill competitions under the new Gambling Act? Beverley Flynn reports

Paul Hewitt, Paola Fudakowska and Helen Peacock discuss contested wills and claims against personal representatives

R (on the application of da Silva) v Director of Public Prosecutions and another
[2006] EWHC 3204 (Admin), [2006] All ER (D) 215 (Dec)

Geoffrey Bindman travels from Bar to bar in Uganda and encounters a courteous Idi Amin. Post coup, the dictator proves more difficult to track down

Mark Sefton explains the reasons behind the current popularity of leasehold enfranchisement

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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
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
In NLJ this week, Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre marks Pro Bono Week by urging lawyers to recognise the emotional toll of pro bono work
Can a lease legally last only days—or even hours? Professor Mark Pawlowski of the University of Greenwich explores the question in this week's NLJ
RFC Seraing v FIFA, in which the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) reaffirmed that awards by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) may be reviewed by EU courts on public-policy grounds, is under examination in this week's NLJ by Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law, Zurich
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