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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7441

11 November 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

In-house lawyers can play a key role in generating revenue for their companies.

Landmark ruling increases protection for social housing tenants

Judge rules injunction celebrity should be named

Paragon Law has appointed Ghuffar Usman as an associate.

Abney Garsden McDonald solicitors are to celebrate their 25th anniversary on 3 December.

Barlow Robbins LLP has promoted Ray Black, to partner. He joined the firm in 2006 and is the firm’s first non-lawyer partner.

Legal Action Group (LAG) announce that Lord Justice Jackson will be hosting a lecture on 29 November picking up themes from his recent report and review of civil litigation costs.

Eversheds has appointed associate Kirsty Stewart.

Maria Scotland, of 7 Bedford Row Chambers, has been named the winner of the 14th Annual Sydney Elland Goldsmith Bar Pro Bono award.

Unite union has lost its appeal against British Airways’s decision to reduce the number of cabin crew on its flights.

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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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