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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7397

10 December 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Philip Sissons examines the effect of the decision in Newham v Van Staden

David Lock examines Human Rights Act claims & the doctrine of precedent

Michael Tringham investigates a $57m intestacy

The latest Supreme Court ruling on bank charges is unlikely to be the end of the matter, says Freya Law

The Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009, explained by Malcolm Skinner

David Hertzell & James Sharpe chart the history & progress of the Third Parties Bill

Mark Solon provides a step-by-step guide to expert reports

Jennifer James toys with some new Christmas gift ideas

R (on the application of Barclay and others) v Secretary of State for Justice and the Lord Chancellor and others [2009] UKSC 9, [2009] All ER (D) 15 (Dec)

Re I (a child) (jurisdiction: habitual residence outside European Union) [2009] UKSC 10, [2009] All ER (D) 12 (Dec)

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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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