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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7448

13 January 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Ian Smith presents four employment sparklers & a rant

Review systems with a mind of their own? Costa Kypre & Daniel Kavan report

Nicholas Dobson puts the Localism Bill under the spotlight

Michael Tringham reports on a “wrecked” estate—and polygamous intestacy

Is proportionality moving in? Robert Strang reports on orders for sale after Pinnock

The detention of children in Yarl’s Wood immigration centre was unlawful, the High Court has ruled.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has outlined new proposals for freedom of information (FOI) law.

How protected are your settlement negotiations? Davina Watson investigates post Oceanbulk

Part two: David Burrows offers further thought on the Family Proceedings Rules 2010

Document sets out arguments against extradition of WikiLeaks founder

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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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