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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7389

13 October 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

An online Twitter campaign has thwarted an attempt to gag the media from reporting an MP’s question.

Proposed draft regulations seeking to outlaw the blacklisting of trade unionists are “flawed”, the Employment Lawyers Association’s (ELA) has said.

Gary McKinnon, the Asperger’s sufferer who faces extradition to the US for hacking into Pentagon military networks, has been refused permission to apply for judicial review against the director of public prosecutions.

The High Court has granted a third party costs order against the parents of a man who brought a negligence claim for nearly £1m against his former school for failing to prevent him being bullied.

On the very day that the spanking new Supreme Court opened for business, legal tradition reasserted itself. Over the flagstones that had witnessed the trial of Charles I in Westminster Hall walked the elite of the legal world as they made their way to lunch after the traditional service for the opening of the legal year.

Recent cases have raised questions about the safety of chip and pin cards from fraudulent attack, for example by cloning. Typically, in such cases, the claimant is an individual whose account has been debited as a result of one or more allegedly unauthorised card transactions; the defendant is a bank or building society.

Ian Pease identifies the cracks in Chartbrook

Pereda is causing major concerns for employers, says Ben Collins

Emily Campbell highlights potential pitfalls in processing inheritance claims

Michael Tringham provides an update on family intrigue, delusion & greed

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Signature Litigation—Catherine Naylor

Signature Litigation—Catherine Naylor

International fraud and asset recovery offering boosted by partner hire

Stevens & Bolton—Alexa Payet

Stevens & Bolton—Alexa Payet

Private wealth disputes team adds contentious probate specialist

Morgan Lewis—Paul Feldberg

Morgan Lewis—Paul Feldberg

Firm strengthens investigations and sanctions capabilities with London partner hire

NEWS
Cheshire West, which established an ‘acid test’ for deprivation of liberty safeguards, has been overturned by the Supreme Court
The Chancery Division and other segments of the High Court are to be replaced by a new Business and Property Division (BPD), in a major civil justice shakeup
Law firms that hold client money will need to file annual accountants’ reports and make a declaration, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) confirmed this week
Two district judges and a tribunal judge have been sanctioned for delays in delivering judgments and orders
Private equity (PE) investment into UK law firms halved to £250m last year, but deal volume rose, according to research by Acquira Professional Services’ Momentum private equity market tracker
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