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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7343

14 October 2009

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Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Khawaja [2008] EWHC 1687 (Ch), [2008] All ER (D) 227 (Jul)

How does the law help borrowers locked into uncompetitive deals? Paul Beevers reports

Reinwood Ltd v L Brown & Sons Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1090, [2008] All ER (D) 177 (Oct)

Peter Taylor delves into why cases involving asbestos are now such a hot topic

Part one: Erich Suter reports on the move towards enforced mediation

Chris Parr details how to win clients and influence people

IPCO (Nigeria) Ltd v Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [2008] EWCA Civ 1157, [2008] All ER (D) 197 (Oct)

Government seeking to reduce burden on statutory schemes

Gregory Mitchell QC examines security for costs against insolvent companies

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Osbornes Law—Alex McMahon, Andrew Middlehurst & Harriet McMorrin

Homegrown hat-trick: Osbornes Law promotes three former trainees to partner

mfg Solicitors—Sarah Bradford

Partner arrival boosts law firm’s growing real estate team

Freeths—David Smith

Freeths secures major tax hire with appointment of David Smith

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Good faith test is objective, rules Supreme Court

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

Fisher review urges tough action on digital fraud

Digital fraud is ‘baffling policymakers, investigators, prosecutors and enforcers’, leaving ‘a massive justice gap’, the author of a government-commissioned independent review has warned

Regulatory overseer must do better

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’

Hillsborough Law imposes duty of candour

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

Judging statistics show mixed bag on diversity progress

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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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7343

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Osbornes Law—Alex McMahon, Andrew Middlehurst & Harriet McMorrin

mfg Solicitors—Sarah Bradford

Freeths—David Smith