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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7425

06 July 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Gripple Ltd v Revenue & Customs Commissioners [2010] EWHC 1609 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 263 (Jun)

Metropolitan Housing Trust v Hadjazi [2010] EWCA Civ 750, [2010] All ER (D) 09 (Jul)

Mayor of London v Hall and others [2010] EWHC 1613 (QB), [2010] All ER (D) 254 (Jun)

CoreLegal a new support network for solicitors and barristers launched last week.

Sir Mark Waller will join Serle Court’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel as an arbitrator and mediator.

Simon Halberstam has joined Kingsley Napley as partner within their expanding corporate and commercial team.

Ruby Wax presented LexisNexis with the Best Use of Technology award at the recent inaugural Conference Awards

Fourteen hundred solicitors, barristers and in-house lawyers were present to see comedian Michael McIntyre host The Lawyer awards last month at the Grosvenor, London.

David McGrady has been named as the 47th president of the Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX).

Tom Morrison has been appointed as a partner in Rollits’ commercial group (now an LLP).

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Walkers—Muriel Marseille

Walkers—Muriel Marseille

Ashurst's Chief Risk Officer joins Walkers

Excello Law—John Osborne

Excello Law—John Osborne

Northern family lawyer John Osborne joins Excello

mfg Solicitors—Rebecca Rogers, Kennedy Langley & Victoria Griffiths

mfg Solicitors—Rebecca Rogers, Kennedy Langley & Victoria Griffiths

Trio of promotions announced at Kidderminster law firm mfg Solicitors

NEWS
A sole director can conspire with their own company for the purposes of the tort of unlawful means conspiracy, the High Court has ruled in a judgment with potentially wide implications for business disputes
The Court of Appeal has reinforced that domicile depends on intention rather than residence alone, in a significant post-Brexit ruling on cross-border financial remedy claims
The Chancery Division's long history comes to an end this autumn as it is reborn as the Business and Property Division, prompting questions over whether the shake-up is really necessary
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) continues to show that failing to disclose regulatory issues can attract harsher consequences than the original misconduct itself
Rejecting a generous settlement can prove an expensive mistake, as two recent high-profile cases demonstrate
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