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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7441

11 November 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Confidentiality obligations in contracts—a right to keep secret or a right to know, asks Sharon Mitchell

Guangzhou Dockyards Company Ltd v E N E Aegiali I [2010] EWHC 2826 (Comm), [2010] All ER (D) (Nov)

Dallah Real Estate and Tourism Holding Company v Ministry of Religious Affairs, Government of Pakistan [2010] UKSC 46, [2010] All ER (D) 36 (Nov)

Patel v Air India Ltd and another [2010] EWCA Civ 443, [2010] All ER (D) 306 (Mar)

Eastenders Cash and Carry plc and another company v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2010] EWHC 2797 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 52 (Nov)

R (on the application of Aitouaret) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] All ER (D) 06 (Nov)

Ramzan v Brookwide Ltd [2010] EWHC 2453 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 29 (Nov)

Crosstown Music Co 1 LLC v Rive Droite Music Ltd and others [2010] EWCA Civ 1222, [2010] All ER (D) 20 (Nov)

The new Bribery Act—hoping against hope? asks James Wilson

Government budget cuts and the over-supply of barristers looking for pupillages were key topics at this year’s Bar Council conference.

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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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