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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7446

15 December 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Child Poverty Action Group v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2010] UKSC 54, [2010] All ER (D) 97 (Dec)

Grogan v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2010] UKUT 416 (TCC), [2010] All ER (D) 96 (Dec)

Isabel West provides a snapshot of the expert witness landscape

Jonathan Herring’s delightful “little red book” provides some useful tips on arguing that come from his background as a leading lawyer.

Transferring legal status from surrogate mother a “difficult balance”

Housing benefit & tax credits unaffected

Lawyers have given a cautious welcome to Justice Secretary Ken Clarke’s green paper on sentencing reform

The Charity Commission is revising its investment guidance for trustees to allow for “social investment”.

Government-funded apprenticeships that will serve as “training contracts” for support staff are being rolled out in the legal sector.

Only lords and ladies are to grace the bench of the Supreme Court, by Royal decree.

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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
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
In NLJ this week, Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre marks Pro Bono Week by urging lawyers to recognise the emotional toll of pro bono work
Can a lease legally last only days—or even hours? Professor Mark Pawlowski of the University of Greenwich explores the question in this week's NLJ
RFC Seraing v FIFA, in which the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) reaffirmed that awards by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) may be reviewed by EU courts on public-policy grounds, is under examination in this week's NLJ by Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law, Zurich
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