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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7460

07 April 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Beachcroft has appointed Bryan Houston as head of intelligence.

Weightmans LLP has joined only 57 other companies in the country to be certified as one of Britain’s top employers for 2011 in the annual assessment by the corporate research foundation (CRF) institute.

Ledingham Chalmers LLP has announced the appointment of new partner, Douglas Watson within the company’s private client team in Aberdeen.

Schools and educational establishments in the Westcountry will be a priority for legal firm Stephens Scown with the creation of a new team of solicitors for the sector.

Costs, case management & e-disclosure

For many expert witnesses, the decision of the Supreme Court in Jones v Kaney will make little immediate difference...

FPR: David Burrows puts case management principles in the spotlight

Susan Nash examines a variety of human rights & wrongs

Claimant solicitors face a bumpy road ahead says Dominic Regan

Alexander Bastin & Janice Northover examine the costs-related traps that await the unwary in the LVT

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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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