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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7391

29 October 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Peter Vaines on Liechtenstein:the centre of the (tax) universe

art one: Agreements to negotiate—are they enforceable? ask Antonio Bueno QC & Deborah Tompkinson

Simon Young turns his attention to complaints in his final article on the impact of the Legal Services Act

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

Barr and others v Biffa Waste Services Ltd [2009] EWHC 2444 (TCC), [2009] All ER (D) 176 (Oct)

Fixed fee figures represent a 40% cut to hourly rates

Record five interveners in JFS case marks growing trend

Debtors moving to other EU states could have their earnings raided by creditors, while organisations throughout the EU could share information on individuals with bad credit ratings, Lord Bach has envisaged.

Excellence Awards 2009

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Firm expands London disputes practice with senior partner hire

Druces—Lisa Cardy

Druces—Lisa Cardy

Senior associate promotion strengthens real estate offering

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith

Leading patent litigator joins intellectual property team

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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