THIS ISSUE
Lamont v Burton [2007] EWCA Civ 429, [2007] All ER (D) 131 (May)
R v Collins [2007] EWCA Crim 854, [2007] All ER (D) 161 (Apr)
R (UMBS Online Ltd) v Serious Organised Crime Agency [2007] EWCA Civ 406, [2007] All ER (D) 35 (May)
Is gender bias inherent in the presumption of advancement? asks Sarah Greer
About 200 City lawyers are expected to earn more than £1m this year, according to a report in The Times
A private member’s bill that aims to protect the victims of forced marriages and prevent them taking place is to be backed by the government.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
DWF—Jenny Leonard
Former Metropolitan Police director joins police, care and justice team
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Charles Russell Speechlys—Ed Morgan
Corporate real estate and funds expertise expands with partner hire
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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