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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7453

17 February 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Decision to revoke £1bn of funding for school repairs unlawful

Two local authorities have been fined by the Information Commissioner’s Office for data protection breaches after laptops containing unencrypted information went missing.

Businesses are increasingly turning to the Human Rights Act to assert their commercial interests.

In the first of two articles, Lisa Wright reports on the costs dilemmas in infant approvals

Marley v Rawlings and another[2011] EWHC 161 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 43 (Feb)

Jennifer James misses out on time on the piste to reflect on love & the law

e Montfort Fine Art Ltd v Acre 1127 Ltd (in liquidation) (formerly known as Castle Galleries Ltd) (in liquidation) [2011] EWCA Civ 87, [2011] All ER (D) 111 (Feb)

Sharon’s Bakers (Europe) Ltd v AXA Insurance UK plc and another company [2011] EWHC 210 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 107 (Feb)

Minkin v Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor [2011] EWHC 177 (QB), [2011] All ER (D) 82 (Feb)

D Borough Council v AB [2011] EWHC 101 (COP), [2011] All ER (D) 71 (Feb)

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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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