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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7273

17 May 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

R v Gautier [2007] All ER (D) 137 (May)

Hill v Haines [2007] EWHC 1012 (Ch), [2007] All ER (D) 72 (May)

R (on the application of Johnson) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another [2007] EWCA Civ 427, [2007] All ER (D) 130 (May)

Charles Bourne takes stock of the House of Lords’ decision in Huang and another v Home Secretary

The Bar Council is celebrating after the House of Lords accepted two amendments to the Legal Services Bill.

Hurstanger Ltd v Wilson [2007] EWCA Civ 299, [2007] All ER (D) 66 (Apr)

Will the Ministry of Justice be fit for purpose? Geoffrey Bindman reports

Solicitors are mounting a legal challenge in the High Court against the Home Office decision to abolish a discretionary compensation scheme for victims of miscarriages of justice.

The Department of Trade and Industry is consulting on the implementation of statutory paternity leave and pay, due to be introduced in two years’ time

The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) is considering bringing legal action against the Commission for Equality and Human Rights, over the impact its relocation plans will have on employees.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—Jenny Leonard

DWF—Jenny Leonard

Former Metropolitan Police director joins police, care and justice team

Charles Russell Speechlys—Ed Morgan

Charles Russell Speechlys—Ed Morgan

Corporate real estate and funds expertise expands with partner hire

Hill Dickinson—Helen Foley, Charlotte Fallon & Gary Parnell

Hill Dickinson—Helen Foley, Charlotte Fallon & Gary Parnell

Firm grows London business services team with trio of partner hires

NEWS
AlphaBiolabs has made a £500 donation to Sean’s Place, a men’s mental health charity based in Sefton, as part of its ongoing Giving Back initiative
Human rights lawyers, social justice champion, co-founder of the law firm Bindmans, and NLJ columnist Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC has died at the age of 92 years
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
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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