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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7399

07 January 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Peter Vaines examines the Pre-Budget Report, including elements that were conspicuous by their absence

Double K Oil & Products 1996 Ltd v Neste Oil OYJ [2009] EWHC 3380 (Comm), [2009] All ER (D) 214 (Dec)

This book says what we all know but don’t say

Is competition law the way forward for consumers? asks Veronica Bailey

R (on the application of E) v Governing Body of the Jews Free School and others (The United Synagogue intervening); R (on the application of E) v Office of The Schools Adjudicator and others (British Humanist Association intervening) [2009] UKSC 15; [2009] All ER (D) 163 (Dec)

Cinnamon European Structured Credit Master Fund v Banco Commercial Portugues SA [2009] EWHC 3381 (Ch); [2009] All ER (D) 209 (Dec)

David Greene, a partner at Edwin Coe LLP and president of the London Solicitors Litigation Association, has been appointed consultant editor of NLJ.

Solicitors will have to provide extra information about their services this year

Research suggests consumers lack basic information regarding legal services

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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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