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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7417

13 May 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

The civil justice system needs a champion in government

“I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered!”

The last year has seen both the 10th anniversary of the inception of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the enactment of the Health Act 2009

Durham Tees Valley Airport Ltd v BMIBaby Ltd and another [2010] EWCA Civ 485, [2010] All ER (D) 57 (May)

Tariq v Home Office [2010] EWCA Civ 462, [2010] All ER (D) 08 (May)

Mireskandari v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2010] EWHC 967 (QB), [2010] All ER (D) 06 (May)

The elegant words of Maitland 100 years ago describing trusts as an institute of great elasticity and generality and as the most distinctive achievement of English lawyers, can no longer be taken to be the whole story.

Hugh Tomlinson QC & Oliver Gayner assess the Supreme Court’s Hilary Term

David Burrows considers when lawyers can (& should) terminate retainers

Geraldine Morris reports on funding former spouses & hypothetical claims

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise

NEWS
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’

Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application

Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
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