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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7463

28 April 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

How useful will the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme be to lawyers? Angela Dass reports

The court’s decision in Noble v Owens illustrates why judgments are and should be final, says Lisa Sullivan

IBB Solicitors has announced a number of promotions with the appointment of two new equity partners and two new fixed share partners.

RBS has appointed Mike Littlewood as head of its professional services team within the bank’s corporate and institutional banking division

An expert in industrial disease claims has been appointed vice-president of the not-for-profit Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).

RPC has appointed Nicholas Wilcox as a senior associate in the broadcast media team.

Olswang has recruited Campbell Forsyth who joins the firm as partner in the IP group.

Pinsent Masons has hired Andrew Masraf to head the firm’s corporate & tax group.

Roger Smith reflects on detainees, masterly performances & Daily Mail fulmination

There is a fine line between protection & unfairness in sex discrimination cases, says Peter Breakey

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Pillsbury—Peter O’Hare

Pillsbury—Peter O’Hare

Partner hire bolstersprivate capital and global aviation finance offering

Morae—Carla Mendy

Morae—Carla Mendy

Digital and business solutions firm appoints chief operating officer

Twenty Essex—Clementine Makower & Stephen Du

Twenty Essex—Clementine Makower & Stephen Du

Set welcomes two experienced juniors as new tenants

NEWS
The High Court’s decision in Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys has thrown the careers of experienced CILEX litigators into jeopardy, warns Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers in NLJ this week
Sir Brian Leveson’s claim that there is ‘no right to jury trial’ erects a constitutional straw man, argues Professor Graham Zellick KC in NLJ this week. He argues that Leveson dismantles a position almost no-one truly holds, and thereby obscures the deeper issue: the jury’s place within the UK’s constitutional tradition
Why have private prosecutions surged despite limited data? Niall Hearty of Rahman Ravelli explores their rise in this week's NLJ 
The public law team at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer surveys significant recent human rights and judicial review rulings in this week's NLJ
In this week's NLJ, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley examines how debarring orders, while attractive to claimants seeking swift resolution, can complicate trials—most notably in fraud cases requiring ‘particularly cogent’ proof
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