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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7357

19 February 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Legislation news update

Michael Shrimpton pays tribute to the Metric Martyrs

Post Hoare, Lucy Wyles, reflects on how courts exercise s 33 discretion

Has West Tankers pushed London down the arbitral pecking order? Ask Steven Friel & Ceri Jones

R (on the application of SRM Global Master Fund LP) v Treasury Commissioner R (on the application of RAB Special Situations
(Master) Fund Ltd) v Treasury Commissioner R (on the application of
Grainger and others) v Treasury Commissioner [2009] All ER (D) 139(Feb) [2009] EWHC 227 (Admin)

Queen’s Bench Division, Divisional Court , Stanley Burnton LJ and
Silber J, 13 February 2009

 

David Williams charts the changing approach to the representation of children in Hague Convention cases

Elspeth Owens highlights the relevance of the financial difficulties of a judgment creditor to the enforcement of an adjudicator’s award

Malcolm Dowden advises on the pitfalls of contracting out from security of tenure

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Appointment of former Solicitor General bolsters corporate investigations and white collar practice

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Firm strengthens international strategy with hire of global relations consultant

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Partner and associate join employment practice

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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