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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7377

09 July 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Jordans is a name associated with both cereal bars and legal publishing. Crisp, wholesome, well-balanced and nourishing, the law books leave little to be desired.

Simon Young uncovers the truth behind rumours of increased premiums & unprofessional conduct

Jonathan Cohen unravels some of the complexities of trade mark infringement under European law

Smith has forced the courts to re-evaluate the concept of control,says Brent McDonald

Should Orthodox Hindus in the UK have the right to conduct open air funeral pyres? Nicholas Dobson reports

How can landlords guarantee they receive rent payments when insolvency looms? James Naylor & Claire Southway investigate

Ali and others v Birmingham City Council; Manchester City Council v Moran [2009] UKHL 36, [2009] All ER (D) 19 (Jul)

Re Paycheck Services 3 Ltd and other companies; Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Holland and another [2009] EWCA Civ 625, [2009] All ER (D) 24 (Jul)

Sagal (trading as Bunz UK) v Atelier Bunz GMBH [2009] EWCA Civ 700, [2009] All ER (D) 40 (Jul)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Osbornes Law—Alex McMahon, Andrew Middlehurst & Harriet McMorrin

Osbornes Law—Alex McMahon, Andrew Middlehurst & Harriet McMorrin

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

mfg Solicitors—Sarah Bradford

mfg Solicitors—Sarah Bradford

Partner arrival boosts law firm’s growing real estate team

Freeths—David Smith

Freeths—David Smith

Freeths secures major tax hire with appointment of David Smith

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