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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7359

05 March 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

CPR 36.11 provides that if a Pt 36 offer is accepted, the claim will be stayed...

David Burrows questions why magistrates' courts are reluctant to scrutinise liability orders

Part four: Checking the credentials of experts is vital, says Mark Solon

Landmark case outlaws “irrational” over 35 age limit

RB (Algeria) and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] UKHL 10, [2009] All ER (D) 200 (Feb) OO (Jordan) v Secretary of State,

Martin Porter QC comments on a ruling which will send shivers down the spines of cyclists

Mark Hoyle & Cecily Crampin discuss multinational enforcement of new judgments on old debts

Has Matuszowicz reset the clock for employers dealing with DDA 1995 claims? Tom Poole reports

Szilagyi v Protectacoat Firthglow Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 98, [2009] All ER (D) 208 (Feb)

Seeking possession under grounds 8, 10 & 11 for rent arrears. Michael Walsh explains

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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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