THIS ISSUE
Hull v Sanderson [2008] EWCA Civ 1211, [2008] All ER (D) 39 (Nov)
Employment—Equal pay for equal work—Police shift workers
Meghani v Nessfield Ltd [2008] All ER (D) 10 (Nov)
Democracy and human rights are bedding down well, says Roger Smith
UK plc is bracing itself for a rash of legal disputes, say Chris Warren- Smith & Ian Pegram
Profession
Who should bear the risk of market volatility? Ian Gascoigne reports
Will a new contact regime tame recalcitrant parents? asks Simon Blain
Government proceeding with changes to homicide law despite unease
Profession
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage
Firm expands London disputes practice with senior partner hire
Druces—Lisa Cardy
Senior associate promotion strengthens real estate offering
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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