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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7372

04 June 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Jennifer James on lies, damned lies & expenses claims

Susan Knox explores the role played by electronically stored information in contemporary legal practice

John Stacey-Hibbert believes staff are a firm's second greatest asset

News in brief

Susan Nash examines a variety of recent human rights cases

The draft Bribery Bill is a step in the right direction, say Justin Michaelson & Andrew Berkeley

Bank charge—Shares in subsidiary pledged to bank as security—Charterparty between parent charterer and shipowner exempting charterer’s subsidiaries from liability—Whether pledge to bank altering status of subsidiary in charterparty

Professional misconduct

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Boodle Hatfield—Tom McLaughlin

Boodle Hatfield—Tom McLaughlin

Boodle Hatfield welcomes new employment partner, Tom McLaughlin

Arc Pensions Law—Victoria Thompson-Hill, Jonathan Mason & Georgi Ivanov

Arc Pensions Law—Victoria Thompson-Hill, Jonathan Mason & Georgi Ivanov

National specialist pensions law firm strengthens team with three new appointments

Jurit—Christian Abletshauser

Jurit—Christian Abletshauser

Jurit appoints Christian Abletshauser to lead family law practice

NEWS
Burges Salmon appoints Benn Richards to strengthen Contentious Insolvency offering
A High Court decision has clarified that a home may be unfit for human habitation not only where conditions endanger health or safety, but also where they seriously undermine comfort and convenience

A longer time limit for employment tribunal claims, new charity law thresholds, property tribunal recruitment and appellate guidance on small-claims costs feature in the latest Civil Way round-up

A recent High Court ruling could make issue estoppel considerably more complex in cross-border litigation, requiring parties to consider the foreign law governing the underlying claim
The Supreme Court has overturned Cheshire West’s bright-line test for deprivation of liberty, replacing it with a broader, more contextual assessment that gives greater weight to an individual’s wishes, feelings and apparent consent
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