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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7399

07 January 2010
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Global Process Systems Inc and another v Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Berhad [2009] EWCA Civ 1398, [2009] All ER (D) 192 (Dec)

Re O-M (children) (expert evidence: non-accidental injuries) [2009] EWCA Civ 1405; [2009] All ER (D) 207 (Dec)

R (on the application of Perrett) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2009] EWCA Civ 1365; [2009] All ER (D) 175 (Dec)

Broda Agro Trade (Cyprus) Ltd v Alfred C. Toepfer International GmbH [2009] EWHC 3318 (Comm), [2009] All ER (D) 176 (Dec)

Reed Smith has announced the appointment of Siân Fellows and Jimmy Theodorou to its partnership.

Plexus Law has announced the appointment of three new partners at its Leeds office.

James Hill, Felicia de Laat, Joel Hernandez & Michael Williams have been invited to become partners of Mourant LP effective from 1 February 2010.

Lord chancellor and secretary of state for justice Jack Straw has announced the appointment of Frances Patterson QC as a law commissioner

Civil Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2009 (SI 2009/3390)

Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No 2) Order 2009 (SI 2009/3354)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Appointment of former Solicitor General bolsters corporate investigations and white collar practice

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Firm strengthens international strategy with hire of global relations consultant

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Partner and associate join employment practice

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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