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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7426

15 July 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Anthony Gold Solicitors welcome Clifford Tibber who joins as a new partner in the commercial dispute resolution team.

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP has announced a new hire: IP Partner Clive Thorne, from Arnold & Porter

The lord chief justice has announced the appointment of Mrs Justice Gloster DBE as judge in charge of the commercial court.

The City Law School has agreed a new three-month international energy litigation internship with K&L Gates LLP.

The South Wales Trainee Solicitors Group Summer Ball took place in Cardiff this month.

Adedoyin v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 773, [2010] All ER (D) 53 (Jul)

R (on the application of C) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another [2010] EWHC 1601 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 25 (Jul)

Angara Maritime Ltd v Oceanconnect UK Ltd and another [2010] EWHC 619 (QB), [2010] All ER (D) 37 (Jul)

Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No 2) Order 2010 (SI 2010/1771)

Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Contribution to Costs of Special Resolution Regime) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/Draft)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Jean-François Le Gal

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Jean-François Le Gal

Penningtons Manches Cooper strengthens international disputes team with appointment of leading arbitration partner

Shakespeare Martineau—Aaron Sanders & Kate Saunders

Shakespeare Martineau—Aaron Sanders & Kate Saunders

Shakespeare Martineau strengthens trust and estates disputes team with new appointments

Bellevue Law—Shannon Moore

Bellevue Law—Shannon Moore

Bellevue Law strengthens employment disputes and international advisory capability with senior associate appointment

NEWS
Developers in areas with poorly performing councils can apply directly to the Planning Inspectorate for permission under section 62A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
When does a solicitor’s retainer become a contentious business agreement? The Court of Appeal’s decision in Broadfield Law UK LLP v Barnes shows that listing hourly rates alone will not do, leaving firms and clients uncertain about their rights over bills
MPs cannot simply resign their Commons seats. Instead, they take a nominal Crown office, usually the Chiltern Hundreds or Manor of Northstead, which disqualifies them from sitting
A divorced woman has secured funding to participate in her former husband’s inquest after the Legal Aid Agency reconsidered repeated refusals
The Thirlwall Inquiry has exposed a ‘complete failure’ to protect babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital, but its recommendations must now be put into practice
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