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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7284

02 August 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

In brief

Can a CVA work to release guarantor obligations? ask Joseph Ollech and Helen Bourne

Charman and special contribution >>
TRUSTEES IN BANkRUPTCY >>
equal division of assets >>

Gordon Brown has shown he is willing to duck convention, but his legislative programme contains few surprises so far, says John Ludlow

The government’s mismanagement of the new Ministry of Justice shows it has learnt little from earlier mistakes, says Professor Michael Zander QC

The presumption of innocence is being eroded by
the press and politicians, says Paul Firth

What happens when there is not enough money to satisfy legacies and devise? C I Howells reports

In brief

Hostility and animosity. Louis Flannery looks at
a shocking case of judicial bias

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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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