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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7436

06 October 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

Landlords urged to tread carefully as high-end rental market hit by tenancy confusion

High Court victory tempered by questions over future progress

Employment lawyers are predicting a rise in successful tribunal claims as large parts of the Equality Act 2010 came into force last Friday.

Paul Murray, managing partner, and Simon Hodson, senior partner of Beachcroft have both been elected for a second term

Conor Quigley QC, a specialist in EU law, has joined Serle Court.

Kay Taylor has joined the clinical negligence team at Penningtons Solicitors LLP.

Geldards is celebrating after winning the Property Law Firm of the Year 2010 prize at the recent East Midlands Property Dinner.

Powell Gilbert LLP has announced that Anna Carboni joined them as partner on 1 October.

The European Commission has referred the UK to the European Court of Justice for failing to protect consumers from the online interception of personal data.

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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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