Commission’s recommendation to reduce shareholding upheld
To Jackson LJ access to justice is “the ability of a person to obtain legal advice and representation, and to secure the adjudication through the courts of their legal rights and obligations,” and that is to be achieved at proportionate cost.
The tragic case of Rom Houben, the 46-year-old Belgian man who was mistakenly and wrongly assumed to be in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) for 23 years, raises a number of profound legal medical and ethical issues, including the accuracy of diagnosing the condition, the desirability of keeping patients alive in this “twilight” existence, and the implications of continuing to treat such patients.
Part 1: Consulting on redundancy & TUPE transfers by Dr John McMullen
Tanya Roberts & Sarah Jane Boon ask whether the media’s gain will be at the expense of the privacy of the individual?
David Regan considers the malleability of the language of causation
When should administrators pay the rent? by Willie Manners & Eleanor Morgan
When you “notify” do you also “inform”? asks Nicholas Dobson
The ECJ decision in West Tankers has been confirmed, say David Howell, Sarah Thomas & Ina Jahn
Roger Smithers resolves some Pt 52 conundrums
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees
Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees
Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron
Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes
Muckle LLP—Roland Fairlamb
Specialist associate solicitor rejoins Muckle’s leading employment team
