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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7411 & 7412

01 April 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Rebecca Huxley-Binns explains the importance of mooting

Geoffrey Bindman says there must be no hiding place for war criminals & torturers

A coalition of Heathrow expansion objectors has won a High Court victory after Lord Justice Carnwarth ruled the government’s plan to build a third runway was “untenable”.

The new president of the Association of District Judges (ADJ) has called for all district judges to be trained in mediation.

The master of the rolls has called for “greater consistency” in case management among judges to reduce costs in civil litigation.

More panel members appointed as employment disputes rise

Protection of investigative journalism high on the agenda

Seamus Smyth, senior partner at Carter Lemon Camerons LLP has been elected president of London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA).

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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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