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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7426

15 July 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Jonathan Arr charts the history of equitable set-off

Melanie Adams considers when employees working abroad may bring unfair dismissal claims

HJ (Iran) and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] UKSC 31

R (on the application of A) v Lambeth London Borough Council [2010] EWHC 1652 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 58 (Jul)

Southern Pacific Securities 05-2 plc v Walker and another [2010] UKSC 32

Expect fireworks as major changes to legal services start to take off, says Samantha Barrass

Jennifer James provides a lesson on living with disappointment

Section 44 stopped in its tracks by court ruling

A third of barristers want to join new business structures within the next five years but the vast majority want the Bar to remain independent.

Persecuted homosexuals may claim asylum in UK

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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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