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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7396

03 December 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Melanie Adams examines employment related legislation announced in the Queen’s Speech

Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National plc and others [2009] UKSC 6; [2009] All ER (D) 271 (Nov)

Adjudication; Immigration; Practice; Third party debt orders

R (on the application of A) v Croydon London Borough Council; R (on the application of M) v Lambeth London Borough Council [2009] UKSC 8; [2009] All ER (D) 288 (Nov)

In a landmark judgment the Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the right of asylum-seeking children to have their age determined by the court.

How should lawyers be paid? asks Geoffrey Bindman

Local authorities are spending unnecessarily on legal costs by failing to use mediation in judicial reviews.

Forcing banks to disclose remuneration details of top earners is part of a package of reforms recommended in the final report of Sir David Walker’s review into corporate governance.

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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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