THIS ISSUE
Thorner v Major and others [2009] UKHL 18, [2009] All ER (D) 257 (Mar)
Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage
Lansat Shipping Co v Glencore Grain BV [2009] EWHC 551 (Comm), [2009] All ER (D) 247 (Mar)
Jenny Pattison on letters of intent in the construction industry
Employment
Deborah Edwards reports on limitation and constructive knowledge in industrial disease claims
Paul Harris & Alasdair Mackenzie discuss fresh claims & foreign cases
Profession
Civil Funding
News In Brief
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Sharpe Pritchard—Victoria Heald-Barraclough
Magic Circle hire strengthens Sharpe Pritchard’s infrastructure finance capability
Lewis Silkin—Iskander Fernandez
Lewis Silkin adds corporate crime specialist to growing dispute resolution team
Morr & Co—Michael Charalambous
Morr Co strengthens private client team with partner appointment
NEWS
Should every solicitor found to have acted dishonestly face automatic striking off? The answer, argues John Gould, chair of Russell-Cooke LLP in NLJ this week, is no
Winning an arbitral award against a state is one thing; enforcing it is another
Can government success in court tell us whether the rule of law is healthy?
Poorly drafted dispute resolution clauses can trigger litigation before the real dispute is even addressed
As cryptocurrency becomes mainstream, family lawyers are increasingly confronting the challenges it creates on divorce
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