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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7326

19 June 2008
IN THIS ISSUE

Financial Services Ombudsman v Heather Moor & Edgecomb Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 643, [2008] All ER (D) 137 (Jun)

R (on the application of Heather Moor & Edgecomb Ltd) v Financial Ombudsman Service [2008] EWCA Civ 642, [2008] All ER (D) 126 (Jun)

Has the government struck the right balance between the freedom of smokers and the welfare of non-smokers? Neil Allen reports

Should courts take into account events which take place after the notional date of trial in a claim for damages for professional negligence? James Counsell reports

Jennifer James is the Insider. PS The Insider has returned safely and will tell all about the Land of the Rising Sun next time!

Post Redknapp, police and magistrates should appreciate the gravity of requests for a search warrant, says Paul Firth

David Greene sets the record straight about the state of litigation in the capital

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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
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
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
In NLJ this week, Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre marks Pro Bono Week by urging lawyers to recognise the emotional toll of pro bono work
Can a lease legally last only days—or even hours? Professor Mark Pawlowski of the University of Greenwich explores the question in this week's NLJ
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