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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7281

12 July 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

Victoria von Wachter explores how far courts will go to avoid lifting the corporate veil

Niziol v The District Law Court in Tarnobrzeg Poland [2007] EWCA Civ 596

ASM Shipping Ltd v Harris and others [2007] EWHC 1513 (Comm), [2007] All ER (D) 364 (Jun)

Public authorities should have a duty of care to parents as well as children in suspected child abuse cases, says Seamus Burns

Contour Homes Ltd v Rowen [2007] All ER (D) 310 (Jun)

AF Noonan (Architectural Practice) Ltd v Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Community Football Club Ltd [2007] All ER (D) 10 (Jul)

In brief

tenants: the right to know >>
Domestic violence warrants live >>
Without prejudice proximity test >>
fatter cats >>
Family blues >>

How can IT litigators fight back against anonymous e-commerce wrongdoers? Andrew Horrocks and Jack Cundy investigate

Ewing v Davis [unreported 2 July 2007]

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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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