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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7333

07 August 2008
IN THIS ISSUE

Road safety

Lawyers can play a key role in developing greener leases, says Susan Bright

The growth of interest in property derivatives should not be a surprise, say Andrew Petersen and Gordon Peery

News in brief

Proceeds of crime

Geoffrey Bindman warns against complacency about human rights…at home and abroad

Stamp duty is crying out for reform, says Gillian Charlesworth

COSTS—ORDER FOR COSTS— ADMIRALTY COURT

Chaos will follow if police forces are allowed to rip up the rule book, says Professor Michael Zander QC

Legal news

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

Muckle LLP—Roland Fairlamb

Muckle LLP—Roland Fairlamb

Specialist associate solicitor rejoins Muckle’s leading employment team

NEWS
The Supreme Court has clarified the scope of a director’s duty, in a case where a chairman’s good intentions went awry due to the pandemic
Digital fraud is ‘baffling policymakers, investigators, prosecutors and enforcers’, leaving ‘a massive justice gap’, the author of a government-commissioned independent review has warned
Richard Lloyd’s independent review of the Legal Services Board (LSB) has delivered a devastating verdict, accusing the super-regulator of having ‘lost its way in recent years’
The House of Commons has passed the Hillsborough Law, in a historic achievement for campaigners, survivors and families of those who died in the 1989 stadium collapse
Judicial statistics show a steady rise in the number of female judges and Asian and mixed ethnicity judges in the past ten years—however, progress in terms of representation has stalled for both Black lawyers and for solicitors
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