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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7425

06 July 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of Smith) v Secretary of State for Defence and another [2010] UKSC 29, [2010] All ER (D) 261 (Jun)

Fiddes v Channel Four Television Corporation and others [2010] EWCA Civ 730, [2010] All ER (D) 248 (Jun)

Joe Reevy explains how to knock spots off the online competition

Costa Kypre examines the complications of cross-border disclosure

High Court ruling in pilots’ litigation spells out employer obligations

Civil rights lawyers have reacted with dismay to the Supreme Court ruling that the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) does not apply to soldiers serving abroad.

Legislation surrounding the tagging of prisoners on release has come in for heavy criticism in the Supreme Court.

“Significant in-roads” made in legal complaints handling

In-house legal teams lead the profession in ensuring a fairer deal for women and ethnic minorities.

Lord Justice Thorpe has called for international consensus on the laws concerning relocation of children.

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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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