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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7431

02 September 2010
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All practitioners—claimant and defendant—should appreciate the new professional negligence trap set by Gibbon...

Jack Straw took the opportunity of his retirement from Labour’s front bench to publicise his forthcoming memoirs...

Sarah Johnson analyses employees gagging for a pay discussion

Why pensions merit attention throughout a divorce, explains Caroline Wright

Oil extraction & the Pointe Gourde principle: Mark Sefton & Oliver Radley-Gardner report

Kenneth Warner highlights the courts’ reluctance to invoke a duty of care for unconventional forms of damage

Julian Miller & Tom Pangbourne assess the dangers of tax avoidance schemes

Re D (statutory will) [2010] EWHC 2159 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 102 (Aug)

R (on the application of B) v Islington London Borough Council [2010] All ER (D) 97 (Aug)

R (on the application of B) v Islington London Borough Council [2010] All ER (D) 97 (Aug)

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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
A divorced woman has secured funding to participate in her former husband’s inquest after the Legal Aid Agency reconsidered repeated refusals
More than 500 former rugby players can pursue brain injury claims despite serious failures to disclose documents ordered by the High Court
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
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