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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7456

10 March 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Francesca Richmond reports on local authorities successfully challenging government cuts to the school building budget

When writing a will is not enough. Dan Godsall reports

Michael Tringham surveys contentious probate cases

Chris Warren-Smith & Charles Golsong report on the proposed break-up of the FSA

There is much to go through before a deed is signed, sealed & delivered, says Lauren Roberts

R (Johns and another) v Derby City Council (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2011] EWHC 375 (Admin), [2011] All ER (D) 292 (Feb)

Association belge des Consommateurs Test-Achats ASBL and others v Conseil des ministres: C-236/09, [2011] All ER (D) 07 (Mar)

Mason and others v Mills & Reeve (a firm) [2011] EWHC 410 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 11 (Mar)

R (on the application of Murdock) v Secretary of State [2011] EWCA Civ 161, [2011] All ER (D) 254 (Feb)

Powell v London Borough of Hounslow [2011] UKSC 8, [2011] All ER (D) 255 (Feb)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Jean-François Le Gal

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Jean-François Le Gal

Penningtons Manches Cooper strengthens international disputes team with appointment of leading arbitration partner

Shakespeare Martineau—Aaron Sanders & Kate Saunders

Shakespeare Martineau—Aaron Sanders & Kate Saunders

Shakespeare Martineau strengthens trust and estates disputes team with new appointments

Bellevue Law—Shannon Moore

Bellevue Law—Shannon Moore

Bellevue Law strengthens employment disputes and international advisory capability with senior associate appointment

NEWS
A divorced woman has secured funding to participate in her former husband’s inquest after the Legal Aid Agency reconsidered repeated refusals
More than 500 former rugby players can pursue brain injury claims despite serious failures to disclose documents ordered by the High Court
Developers in areas with poorly performing councils can apply directly to the Planning Inspectorate for permission under section 62A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
When does a solicitor’s retainer become a contentious business agreement? The Court of Appeal’s decision in Broadfield Law UK LLP v Barnes shows that listing hourly rates alone will not do, leaving firms and clients uncertain about their rights over bills
MPs cannot simply resign their Commons seats. Instead, they take a nominal Crown office, usually the Chiltern Hundreds or Manor of Northstead, which disqualifies them from sitting
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