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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7265

22 March 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

John Mitchell compares recent developments in guardianship orders with the current rules on adoption

In the first of two articles on the 44th update to the CPR, Nicholas Bevan considers changes to the procedures governing pre-action admissions

BBC Worldwide Ltd v Bee Load Ltd (trading as Archangel Ltd) [2007] EWHC 134 (Comm), [2007] All ER (D) 107 (Feb)

Baxendale-Walker v Law Society [2007] EWCA Civ 233, [2007] All ER (D) 254 (Mar)

CPR Pt 6 is fraught with technical difficulties. Andrew Butler reports on recent developments

Parents should not be criminalised for having fat children, says Tracey Elliott

Two-tiered duty to promote race equality, Race Relations Act 1976, S71, Legal necessity for proper consultation

Worker v home worker, Lapsed warnings, TUPE transfers

Subsidising another man's child, Wealthy ex-wives, nominal orders, Housing benefit and unmarried payments

M v DPP [2007] All ER (D) 74 (Mar)

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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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